Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

And, after you have published a 200 pages site, and you want to change a link ? what will you do ? Copy / paste / save / publish 200 pages ?

This is what this thread is about: how to avoid doing this, and only edit / save / publish ONE page, automatically updating all the site pages.

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

But than if you need to change something in the menu you need to access each page on your site and change it instead of changing just one file that will later upload it self into every page on your site.

[davidundalicia]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I have used naval's php menu idea and have also used text links.

Just remember that ANY page that will include the php menu MUST be saved as php and not html...............thanks naval..........

[mumu]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

But than if you need to change something in the menu you need to access each page on your site and change it instead of changing just one file that will later upload it self into every page on your site.

If you want to make a change you just change your menu (don't need to access each page) upload it in all your folders and automaticaly changes the menu in all your pages.
So you just have to change one page (your menu) and publish one page (your menu) and all the pages in your site will have the new menu, Just like that!!
It works beautiful
Thanks for the tip Naval

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

yes I know I was answering the post before me :) but thanks.

[vidalcarmen]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Thanks soooo much, I just did it with my 20 or so pages. Publishing them is a pain!

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

This is like the longest thread ever. I have another question - tried to find the answer in this thread but with no success.

I am using a template which is save as menu.php on each and every page.
On some groups of pages I want to add a sub menu that will be used for navigation within that sub group - of course that menu should not show up on all of the pages.

What I did is create a new file and called it sub-menu.php
inside the HTML of the sub-menu.php I put in the code:
<? function menu() { ?> in the beginning
and the code <?
}
?>

at the end.

Than inside a page of my subcategory I put an HTML box with the code:
<?php
include ("sub-menu.php");
menu();
?>

I published them all. For some reason I still didn't get the sub-menu on my page and I am wondering what did I do wrong ?

I remind you that there is already a PHP menu on this page - maybe that's the problem ?

Please advise.

Thanks.
Ofir.

[Collectors-info]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Hi, is it possible you need to bring the html box on your main page to the front?????.
You would be better posting the url for the main page.

[davidundalicia]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Try this:

<? function submenu() { ?>

------------------------------------------

<?php
include ("sub-menu.php");
submenu();
?>

--------------------------------------------

as you can see, I have just changed names to avoid a conflict with the existing function.

remove the menu function from the pages where its not required.

As naval has pointed out, you can have as many different functions on a page as you wish......just change some names.

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

ok.
I changed the names and it did work - but now take a look at how it messes up the menus graphics. here is the link.
You will see the the menu on the top left changes colors once the sub menu comes inside.

[navaldesign]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Probably because you have used the same style name in both the main page AND the submenu page. This causes conflicts. Check it.

[davidundalicia]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I cannot explain why the menu behaves like that
but as you now only have 2 menu pages, play with the colours/background..
or exchange the menu with a text menu of your own..............(better for SEO's) imo.

edit: sorry george, typing as you were posting...............

[mumu]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

?>

Than inside a page of my subcategory I put an HTML box with the code:
<?php
include ("sub-menu.php");
sub-menu();
?>
Ofir.

I think you have to put ...sub-menu();?>

[davidundalicia]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

I think you have to put ...sub-menu();?>

no you dont........the submenu function
will place sub-menu.php
within the brackets of submenu()

[ofirbeigel]

Re: Single Menu Page with Bv and PHP

Thanks that helped
Ofir.