Wed, 2006-06-21 22:17
I'm working on a css layout and things are going pretty smoothly. However, is there a way to make a css menu that is somehow embedded into the style sheet or in an html template. I know how to make the standard css menu, but I don't want the menu to be a unique <ul> (or whatever) on every html page. I want it to work like a frame so that if I want to modify the menu for all pages, I can do it from one file.
Sorry I can't post my code right now, because it is on a local machine at work. I'm currently using css only (no frames, tables, or js). Also, I'm not using any sort of cms or db for this site.
Is there a way to do what I want to do? Can CSS do it? If not, any suggestions?
Wed, 2006-06-21 22:31
#1
'modular' css menu
you can do it using SSI (server side includes). very simple to do. Just google.
this will be one file that you'll insert into every page, and therefore you'll only have one file to make changes to.
larmyia
Wed, 2006-06-21 22:48
#2
'modular' css menu
awesome, thanks for pointing a newb in the right direction!
Thu, 2006-06-22 01:24
#3
'modular' css menu
my life is forever altered...goodbye tables, goodbye frames!
Thu, 2006-06-22 07:08
#4
'modular' css menu
bacchanal wrote:
awesome, thanks for pointing a newb in the right direction!
no probs. my pleasure. hard to know what to look for when you're not sure what it is 
bacchanal wrote:
my life is forever altered...goodbye tables, goodbye frames!
you won't regret it. that I can promise you.
Thu, 2006-06-22 08:32
#5
'modular' css menu
i usually use
<?php include('nav.inc'); ?>
and make a nav.inc text file and put the nav there
then just rename your index.html to index.php and you are golden
Thu, 2006-06-22 23:07
#6
'modular' css menu
I have mainmenu.htm as my menu file and blahblah.shtm as my 'index' file with
#include virtual="/test2/ssi/mainmenu.htm"
Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it works fine.
My (work) server doesn't have php, but it has ASP VBS, which I know very little about.
Thu, 2006-06-22 23:15
#7
'modular' css menu
shouldn't that be
<include>
edit... it stripped out the code
<!--#include virtual="/test2/ssi/mainmenu.htm" -->
Thu, 2006-06-22 23:44
#8
'modular' css menu
yeah, it stripped out the code for me too...I removed the <--'s, but I guess it would have been better to use the code tag :roll: