Ok, I'm new to CSS and the likes of it. I was just hired as a freelance web guy for a company and when I was showing him something of mine online, he suggested that I "insert" the area in my page so if it needed to be updated or changed, it would do all the pages using it at once, rather than needing to do each page.
What we were talking about was the buttons on the top (I had them in a frame but he said I wouldn't need frames this way - said it's easier to be sure things line up for different browsers too). He made them into an outside file and quickly showed me that I could just "Insert" that outside file into a table and then be able to update that piece from outside the page I was on. So if I wanted to change the buttons it would instantly apply to all the pages (sort of like updating a frame page, but without needing frames). Hope this is making sense.
So being that I'm new to this stuff, and from what I found on my own in the Dreamweaver help files, I assume this is a form of CSS (not sure though). Anyways, what tutorials should I be using to learn how to do all this.
Thanks in advance!
- The New Guy.
No, it's not CSS. It's either using "server-side includes" (SSI) or a server-side scripting language that can include other files into the document.Originally posted by NogDog
No, it's not CSS. It's either using "server-side includes" (SSI) or a server-side scripting language that can include other files into the document.
Yep, from what I'm finding in the Dreamweave Tutorials that seems right, I guess I rememebered it wrong... he must have said "Includes" rather than "Inserts." Anyways, time to go learn something new... thanks!!Since your conversation seemed to revolve around DreamWeaver, maybe he was talking about DreamWeaver library items. They are sort of similar, when you modify the library item in DW all web pages that uses the library item are opened, modified, and then saved.
Even if that was what you were shown, I'd recommend that you use server side includes anyway, because they are far better.
What we were talking about was the buttons on the top (I had them in a frame but he said I wouldn't need frames this way - said it's easier to be sure things line up for different browsers too). He made them into an outside file and quickly showed me that I could just "Insert" that outside file into a table and then be able to update that piece from outside the page I was on. So if I wanted to change the buttons it would instantly apply to all the pages (sort of like updating a frame page, but without needing frames). Hope this is making sense.
So being that I'm new to this stuff, and from what I found on my own in the Dreamweaver help files, I assume this is a form of CSS (not sure though). Anyways, what tutorials should I be using to learn how to do all this.
Thanks in advance!
- The New Guy.
No, it's not CSS. It's either using "server-side includes" (SSI) or a server-side scripting language that can include other files into the document.Originally posted by NogDog No, it's not CSS. It's either using "server-side includes" (SSI) or a server-side scripting language that can include other files into the document.
Yep, from what I'm finding in the Dreamweave Tutorials that seems right, I guess I rememebered it wrong... he must have said "Includes" rather than "Inserts." Anyways, time to go learn something new... thanks!!
Since your conversation seemed to revolve around DreamWeaver, maybe he was talking about DreamWeaver library items. They are sort of similar, when you modify the library item in DW all web pages that uses the library item are opened, modified, and then saved.Even if that was what you were shown, I'd recommend that you use server side includes anyway, because they are far better.