Using header, navbar, and footer on custom html pages?

[RobFerrari]

I want to use the vB header, navbar, and footer on some of my custom (non forum) pages.

Should I create custom php and call those templates and bring in my other html pages?

Is there an easier way? Like having the templates called from my html?

What's the easiest way to do this?

Thank you,
rob

[tomp]

with mine i created custom php pages and called the the templates

[RobFerrari]

Originally Posted by tomp

with mine i created custom php pages and called the the templates

I'm pretty new to hacking with vB and PHP. What is the way you call the template?

Thank you,
rob

[tomp]

hey, ok heres how i did it

i created a template in my admin cp called links for example

then i made a new php file called links.php which had the following code in it:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
require_once('./global.php');

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('links (or whatever your template is called)') . '");');
?>

i uploaded that into my forum directory and then created a link in my navigation bar to link.php

Hope this was some help

[RobFerrari]

Originally Posted by tomp

hey, ok heres how i did it

i created a template in my admin cp called links for example

then i made a new php file called links.php which had the following code in it:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
require_once('./global.php');

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('links (or whatever your template is called)') . '");');
?>

i uploaded that into my forum directory and then created a link in my navigation bar to link.php

Hope this was some help

I'm just now getting around to doing this. It's not working exactly yet. Here's what I put in a new file called consultants.php and uploaded to the forum directory...

<?php 

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 
require_once('./global.php'); 

eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('consultants') . '");'); 
?>

I created a new template called consultants and is called fine from above, however, the navbar isn't working. Because it's in a sub directory under "Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates"? How about the $navbar piece, I don't understand that part.

Thanks,
rob

[Tony G]

In the template you created, put in your XHTML code and where you want the navbar to display, place the variable $navbar there and it should call the navbar template.

Make sure it's $navbar and not just navbar on it's own.

[RobFerrari]

Originally Posted by Tony

In the template you created, put in your XHTML code and where you want the navbar to display, place the variable $navbar there and it should call the navbar template.

Make sure it's $navbar and not just navbar on it's own.

Thank you! Dumb mistake on my part, thanks for the help. Works perfect now.

[RobFerrari]

Originally Posted by tomp

Hope this was some help

Does anyone know the best way through HTML or PHP to "include" an html page?

I just want to reference the html page and be able to make easy page changes there and not through the template interface.

Thank you,
rob

[RobFerrari]

Does anyone know the best way through HTML or PHP to "include" an html page?

I just want to reference the html page and be able to make easy page changes there and not through the template interface.

Thank you,
rob