SSI links inside page

[jonifen]

Firstly, look here - http://www28.brinkster.com/jonathancain/_new/jctk.shtml

Where it says "main content here - SSI pages in via links above ^^^", I want pages to be included (in place of the text of course ) depending on which link is clicked on either the category links (im thinking of having menu bars there) at the top, or from the left hand side (which is a page called links.shtml - also loaded by SSI).

Is this possible to do? I have done it before on other websites, where I used a mixture of SQL and ASP, but I'm sure thats a pretty long-winded method and theres probably a much easier way.

Did all that make sense?
Anything else anyone needs to know, ask... and thanks in advance for any help given

 

[jonifen]

could it be done with javascript perhaps?

im running the site on brinkster atm, but id like to get it running on my ntl webspace (if i can) cuz the ftp makes it all so much easier

 

[Geffy]

try this
http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/php/include/

and this
http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/html/ssi/

 

[jonifen]

those pages brought a moment of inspiration to me

ive worked it out... and its not quite how i thought it would be done originally.

split the main page into 2... part 1 is all the code UPTO where the SSI page would sit. part 2 is all the code AFTER where the SSI page would sit.

for example:

<!-- #include file="part1.shtml">
this here is the content which would change from page to page.
<!-- #include file="part2.shtml">

example:
http://www28.brinkster.com/jonathancain/_new/winxp.shtml

now all pages can be linked to directly, and they'll all have the same layout, with the same stylesheet

thanks Geffy for those links... probably wouldnt've thought of it if I hadn't read them

 

[Geffy]

np

glad to return the favour after you helped me out with that CSS table problem