[FX.php List] Re: thoughts on FX.php in an IFRAME?

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I double that, but what about doing it a little bit further?

I would like to say make header.php, footer.php
and just have each php file be a bodyfile that includes header.php and
footer.php


Example header.php could be something like
---
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
<div id="menu">
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="">menuchoice 1</a></li>
<li><a href="">menuchoice 2</a></li>
<li><a href="">menuchoice 3</a></li>
<li><a href="">menuchoice 4</a></li>
<li><a href="">menuchoice 5</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
---

2006/11/30, Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>:
> Hi Joel,
>
> Just before you rush too far into this, here's a couple of suggestions for
> you...
>
> 1. What about working down the line that you were thinking, but only
> redevelop the layout once, using good valid css to position all of the
> elements, then you could create one index.php page, which has all the
> generic elements in it, and an include within a div on that page where
> your dynamic content needs to go, the what you could do is call
> index.php?p=theRealFile, then within that div you could do <?php
> include('pathToIncludes'.$_REQUEST['p']);
>
> 2. Do the same thing as above, but reformat each of your current pages,
> creating a div at the top for the graphic, a div down the side for the
> menu, and a div for your primary content... then create top.php and
> side.php and call them as includes into the divs on each of your pages...
>
> This way, when they make changes to either the top or left content, all
> you have to do is resize the relevant divs within you external css sheet,
> and alter two included files... rather than having to go through and make
> substantial changes to each page...
>
> Just my 2c worth... let me know if you need further details of eaither of
> my suggestions...
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
>
>
> > Never mind. (poor old Emily Litella)
> >
> > I just looked at my test page in Firefox (after testing in Safari)
> > and it looks like crap:  the iframe is way too low, their imagemap
> > with javascript no longer works, and it's not worth my troubleshooting.
> >
> > I'll go back to my original plan of using includes within my php
> > pages.  I guess I coulda done more testing before posting ;)
> >
> > Thanks anyway.  Sorry for the bandwidth.
> >
> > -Joel
> >
> >
> > On Nov 29, 2006, at 9:39 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > A client for whom I'm designing an FX.php site wants the design of
> > > the FX part of their site to match the rest of their (static)
> > > site.  Their main design includes a wide graphic along the top, and
> > > a tall graphic along the left side (both with imagemap links) --
> > > all within a body-filling table, with misc. colspans, etc.
> > >
> > > The FX.php pages are mostly completed, functionality-wise, but the
> > > design doesn't match their new site.  (They've known I've been
> > > waiting for their design templates since I started working on the
> > > project, but only sent them to me this week -- and they do
> > > understand that I'll now need to do some re-designing).
> > >
> > > At first I was thinking I'd place their graphics (and respective
> > > imagemaps) as included files in my php files.  Then I started
> > > thinking maybe it would be easier to just use their base page/
> > > template and place my FX.php site within an IFRAME object in one of
> > > their table cells.  I did a quick test and both GET and POST
> > > requests seem to work as expected, even though the displayed url
> > > remains at the main page (even an .html).
> > >
> > > I generally stay away from using frames, but this could be a
> > > quicker implementation than re-formatting all my FX.php pages to
> > > fit their structure.
> > >
> > > Note: Their static site is hosted elsewhere, while their FMSA/WPE
> > > server is located in their office.  I haven't tested yet if the
> > > main page (that holds the IFRAME) functions differently when
> > > located at their external webhost or locally on their FMSA box).
> > >
> > > I'd be happy to keep their costs down, but not at the expense of a
> > > less stable / weaker etc. site.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts/experience/advice?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > -Joel
> >
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