PHP and SSI file???

[tigermann]

Hi everyone,

I am sort of stuck:

In one of the articles on the Home Page, probably by John Scott:
I read,
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Having seen the failure of these pages to rank on page-elements SEO alone, we simply inserted links to these pages with optimized anchor text in 60 or so pages by way of a PHP includes file. Using a PHP includes or a SSI file is recommended for ease of updating.
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Using a PHP includes or a SSI file is recommended for ease of updating - Hmm! Could this be set up by someone without any real knowledge of PHP?

If so could someone please point me in the right direction?

[kwvarga]

take http://business.thespear.net as an example.
see the top part till the horizontal rule? then theres text and then another horizontal rule for the footer
header.php has all the nitty gritty stuff and the top part... stuff that will be on all pages..
index.php only contains the text i want to show it there also at top of file it includes header and at the bottom it includes the footer
the footer contains info that will be on all pages...
so any page is just like
[code:1:bd62072a35]<?php
include('header.php');
print "Welcome to my site!";
include("footer.php');[/code:1:bd62072a35]
you can make it more advanced by having this in your header.php :
[code:1:bd62072a35]<?php
echo '<title>theSpear :: $title</title>';
?>[/code:1:bd62072a35]
and having this in your index.php
[code:1:bd62072a35]<?php
$title = "Home";
include('header.php');
print "Welcome to my site!";
include("footer.php');[/code:1:bd62072a35]

you understand?

[tigermann]

Thanks Spear, I tried a few times but could not access

http://business.thespear.net

Is there a typing error?

Thanks again.

[kwvarga]

oh woops havent set up subdomain yet
http://www.theSpear.net/business

[tigermann]

That's ok.
I'll check back later .... I need a break!

[kwvarga]

use the link i just posted

[tigermann]

Thanks.
I think I got it - create a header.php page
and a footer.php page (if required)


then put the code below in every page?

<?php
include('header.php');
print "Welcome to my site!";
include("footer.php');


Does this have the same disadvantages of frames?
i.e. would google ever index the center section without the header and footer?

[kwvarga]

no.. unless you had a link to it..
also you need a ?> at the end of the code.. sorry

[tigermann]

<<<<<
also you need a ?> at the end of the code
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Like this?

<?php
include('header.php');
print "Welcome to my site!";
include("footer.php');
?>

[kwvarga]

yes

[tigermann]

Thanks