HTML help? Global headers/footers/sidebars

[Jaded Catalyst]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I just need some help.

 

So I'm a bit on the computer illiterate side, and I'm only knowledgeable about the very basics of HTML and CSS, so please try to dumb down the language for me.

 

So I want to be able to global headbars and sidebars and stuff so that I can place them on many pages, but only have to edit one file. Instead of having to go into every single page and changing the HTML, I want to be able to change one file and have those changes appear on all the others. I know there are ways to do this, but I don't know which one to use and what works best.

 

Thanks!

 

-JC

[1337]

PHP include.

 

Rename all pages to .php, and create a header.php and footer.php and place your header and footer in those, respectively.

 

Then, at the top of every page, add:

<?php
include "header.php";
?>

 

and at the bottom..

 

<?php
include "footer.php";
?>

[Jaded Catalyst]

Thanks. It works great.

 

But I'm wondering if they're a way to do it with HTML instead of PHP since I'm more familiar with it and the HTML editor.

 

 

Edit: Nevermind. I figured it out myself. Thanks for the help, though. =^^=

[TroJan-X]

just so you know css is a great way to edit all of your pages at once...