CSS - A formal quickie!
Hi guys!
I just want to know whether it would be possible for me to put this code in CSS. Yes or No?
<table width="560" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center">
<td width="560" height="79" valign="top" align="center">
<a href="/"><img src="/images/banner.gif" border="0"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="560" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0">
<tr width="560" valign="top">
<td width="560" valign="top" bgcolor="#E6E6E6">
<script language="javascript">
<!--
Today = new Date();
TodayDay = Today.getDate();
TodayMon = Today.getMonth();
TodayYear = Today.getYear();
if (TodayYear < 2000) TodayYear += 1900;
if (TodayMon == 0) { TodayMonth = "January"; }
else if (TodayMon == 1) { TodayMonth = "February"; }
else if (TodayMon == 2) { TodayMonth = "March"; }
else if (TodayMon == 3) { TodayMonth = "April"; }
else if (TodayMon == 4) { TodayMonth = "May"; }
else if (TodayMon == 5) { TodayMonth = "June"; }
else if (TodayMon == 6) { TodayMonth = "July"; }
else if (TodayMon == 7) { TodayMonth = "August"; }
else if (TodayMon == 8) { TodayMonth = "September"; }
else if (TodayMon == 9) { TodayMonth = "October"; }
else if (TodayMon == 10) { TodayMonth = "November"; }
else if (TodayMon == 11) { TodayMonth = "December"; }
else { TodayMonth = TodayMon; }
document.write(TodayMonth + " " + TodayDay + ", " + TodayYear);
-->
</script>
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</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="560" valign="top" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr width="560" valign="top">
<td width="130" valign="top" align="center">
<!-- insert nav here -->
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/
shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" width="129" height="169">
<PARAM name="movie" value="/includes/Soccer.swf">
<PARAM name="quality" value="high">
<PARAM name="menu" value="true">
<EMBED src="/includes/Soccer.swf" quality="high" menu="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/
download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="129" height="169">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</td>This is the design element for this page:
The Webmistress posted this at 15:14 — 31st December 2002.
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Sorry, you've lost me. What exactly are you trying to put within the CSS?
Timewell posted this at 15:25 — 31st December 2002.
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I just want to put the design aspect of that page, the code above, into and external CSS sheet so that I don't have to have that code on every page. Is it possible for me to do this?
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Busy posted this at 20:46 — 31st December 2002.
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you want to use SSI, PHP, Javascript even. CSS files are for CSS only
Renegade posted this at 23:23 — 31st December 2002.
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Yeah i'm lost to :S
But I think what your trying to do is impossible,
Timewell posted this at 01:37 — 1st January 2003.
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What? Produce a file where i just link one page to this file and then I can change the design from that one file except having to go through every one?
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The Webmistress posted this at 12:14 — 1st January 2003.
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Yes, have a look on google for SSI (server side includes) tutorials and check with your hosts that they allow this.
Timewell posted this at 16:30 — 1st January 2003.
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I was told that SSI is for site content and CSS is for design? Is this true or can they both be used for either? Do you advise me to just put the link and leave it as HTML or create a new css file or is that not possible?
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Busy posted this at 19:26 — 1st January 2003.
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SSI is "server side includes", which includes from server side
CSS is decoration, text, links, divs section etc (no tables or html bits) "cascading style sheets"
You want to combine the two, you can't. You can include a seperate .css file for color, style etc, but not to hold any html tags
page title
-- include style sheet with .css --
-- can also include javascript file .js - optional --
-- include layout or sections of layout like header with SSI --
content
-- include more layout or footer etc with SSI --
Timewell posted this at 20:25 — 1st January 2003.
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Would it work if I copy the navigation elements into an SSI page and link to that?
Busy posted this at 03:54 — 2nd January 2003.
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As The Webmistress mentioned further back, do a search for SSI, find out what it is and what it does, I could tell you yes or no but you wont know how to fix it if anything doesnt work properly.
read the bottom line of my signature
Timewell posted this at 13:05 — 2nd January 2003.
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Right! I really like that quote! Who said that really? I have done a search for SSI and I do now know what it is thanks to Webmasterbase. I also know what it does so you can tell me yes or no now!
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Suzanne posted this at 19:08 — 2nd January 2003.
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If you know what it does... Oh, nevermind.
SSI -- you can put pieces of files into one large file (php, asp, jsp includes work the same way, different syntax)
CSS -- ONLY CSS (dammit)! This is an entire file that is included and PARSED (interpreted) by the browser and then applied to the HTML content. In a way, it's like a skin that's put on top of the HTML skeleton. The skeleton can be put together in many pieces (using includes) or be whole in the first place, it doesn't matter to the CSS. The CSS is put on last.
Timewell posted this at 13:34 — 3rd January 2003.
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Ok...I have had a go at this and I get:
[an error occurs while processing this directive]
You can see this on the page below:
http://cmdirector.neosurge.net/cm0102/reviews.shtml
I have checked the relevent SSI pages and they are online and look ok. This is the code I have used. I can only guess it is the wrong one:
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Suzanne posted this at 21:53 — 3rd January 2003.
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is your url there? Can you browse to the file you're calling in the include?
Timewell posted this at 22:36 — 3rd January 2003.
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Yeah, well there are two actually. One is:
http://www.cmdirector.neosurge.net/body.htm
and the other is:
http://www.cmdirector.neosurge.net/footer.htm
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Suzanne posted this at 22:47 — 3rd January 2003.
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There are two ways of including files. It's been a while since I've used SSI, but one is include virtual="" and the other is include file="" and they require different paths, if I recall.
Timewell posted this at 00:00 — 4th January 2003.
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Really? So they cannot be in the same folder? Aah well. I will try your second method.
Timewell posted this at 00:10 — 4th January 2003.
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Right I have fixed it. The first error was that the code should be:
So the file had to be put in an includes folder and then it works. Thanks for helping though. It was you that made me fix it because I went to my source of info, Webmasterbase, and read that the file must be in includes. So thanks!
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Suzanne posted this at 02:30 — 4th January 2003.
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Timewell, you need to work on your comprehension! Those are two METHODS. The reason what you read works is because one of the METHODS works for you. i.e. linking to the file relative to root, virtual (instead of file).
Timewell posted this at 00:22 — 6th January 2003.
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Sorry! I apologise! Can you remind me how you put SSI into php please? I did it for my first page and tried for another but it wouldn't work for some reason...
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Suzanne posted this at 01:09 — 6th January 2003.
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SSI and PHP are different server-side languages. Did you want to post this in Server Side Scripting?
Renegade posted this at 07:24 — 6th January 2003.
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lol a formal quickie has turned into such a long thread
yeh you need to post in the server side scripting forum 
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