javascript includes??

Aristotl3 · #1 10-02-2006, 12:13 PM

Ok.. here is the deal. I am making a very large website with a drop down javascript menu. I am using HTML includes for various parts of the website (including the menu).

The way it is now, If I need to make any changes to the drop down menu I will have to go to ever page on the website and change the javascript coding.. Is there a way to include this coding (similar to what I am doing with the HTML files)?

Basically, I want to know if there is a way to set up a template where I can make the changes to the coding and not have to make the changes to each individual page..

can anyone help?

thanks

**the_pm** · #2 10-02-2006, 12:43 PM

The answer to your question about an include system is yes, and further, a JavaScript include system is the worst possible way you can create one. Unless your server does not support PHP, ASP, ColdFusion or SSI, I would strictly keep away from serving up critical information, such as site structure, using JavaScript. Stick with server technology. Don't rely on the visitor UA to interpret your site!

With that said, is there a specific reason you're targeting JavaScript, something in your environment that makes it the only option?

mikey1090 · #3 10-02-2006, 01:10 PM

use php. create a file called header.php. put all your html in this file. then use php <? include "header.php"; ?> to include the files in your pages. when u want to change the pages, you just change header.php, rather than all the pages

Aristotl3 · #4 10-02-2006, 02:19 PM

okay.. I know how to do PHP includes, but I'm not sure what you mean by putting all of the HTML in just one file..

Is it possible to just have one inlcude file for the navigation (say: nav.php) which has the HTML/javascript for the navigation and just use that as an include?

Aristotl3 · #5 10-02-2006, 02:35 PM

hmmm, I have tried using the php includes but I can't seem to get it to work so that I only have one file with the javascript code in it.. are there any links out there so I can see how the coding is done???

Aristotl3 · #6 10-02-2006, 02:51 PM

okay.. I got the coding to work.. I always thought that javascript coding needed to go in the <head> part of a website.. The way I have it set up right now, the javascript is loaded in the body part of the website - is there anything wrong with that?

**the_pm** · #7 10-02-2006, 04:06 PM

If you're using PHP includes, stick all of your JS functions into an external file. Then, use the common script calling mechanism to call those scripts - <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/scripts.js"></script>. Finally, place this inside the file that's being included via PHP. That's all there is to it

Remember, you can include files inside included files, inside included files, ad nauseum.

javascript includes??

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