PHP Includes
Want your site to use php includes so you only have to edit a header and footer instead of every single page, just because you want to change the layout?
First, your website must be php enabled, basically meaning that most free sites won't cut it.
Rename all your pages as .php instead of .html or .htm.
Make a new page called header.txt and one called footer.txt (the txt is the file extension- don't make it header.txt.php!).
In the header, put all the stuff before the actual content comes. This would mean it has the top banner, title, maybe the navigation, all that jazz. In the footer put all the copyright info and ending tags for your layout if you're using tables.
Then, on every page, erase the layout. Replace it with:
<? include("header.txt") ?>
..at the top of your page, and:
<? include("footer.txt") ?>
.. at the bottom of your page.
Wallah! Now you can change the header and footer as many times as you want and it will be on every page. :)
