How to make it easy to make site wide changes

[anotherduke]

Hi all,
I'm aware of CSS for site wide change to design, but what about making site wide changes to content? For example I want to create a website where there are a common set of links on each page. However these links will change over time and I want to avoid having to change the links on each page manually.
There must be some simple examples out there, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
cheers.

 

[conor]

yeah, there are two ways I know to do it,

1. Use some sort of CMS, you can find plenty of free ones online

2. If your intrested in devoloping your coding skills then you could use the Smarty Template Engine, which requires a basic knowledge of php.

Google them if you don't know what I'm talking about

 

[anotherduke]

Thanks for the suggestions Conor, I looked into it but then discovered I have and old version of Dreamweaver here, and it looks like it does 'block find and replace' on multiple files .. great! .. I'll give it a try.

 

[zkiller]

Server Side Includes (SSI) would be the simplest solution.

 

[anotherduke]

Server Side Includes (SSI) would be the simplest solution.

This is what I hear also, but my host does not provide SSI.
cheers

 

[zkiller]

Who's your host? SSI is a pretty basic feature of any web server.

 

[adamblan]

<?php include('path/to/included/file'); ?>

- If your host doesn't support SSI, you always have the AJAX option (jquery, prototype, etc.)

 

[sheanhoxie]

I would go the CMS route, search and explore to find the best for your needs. Most are easy to install and to style using CSS

 

[constanthosting]

<?php include('path/to/included/file'); ?>

- If your host doesn't support SSI, you always have the AJAX option (jquery, prototype, etc.)

I use this a lot!

 

[artisites]

we use php includes for all our main navigations, footers etc.