On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:43 AM, John Van Ostrand <<a href="mailto:john@netdirect.ca">john@netdirect.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> The easiest way we do this is using PHP.<br>
> Create header.php as the header including HEAD and BODY tags. Then create<br>
> page.php with only HTML.<br>
><br>
> Then create .htaccess file and use php's directive "auto_prepend_file"<br>
> giving header.php as the file. I don't recal the exact syntax, search for<br>
> that directive.<br>
><br>
> Then the header.php file is called every time page.php is called.<br>
<br>
</div>The other way to go is to select a content management system, adapt to<br>
a bit of a learning curve, and then let the CMS handle:<br>
- new accounts<br>
- lost passwords<br>
- menus<br>
- branding<br>
- related links<br>
- page versions<br>
- etc., etc.<br>
<br>
While you only worry about content.<br></blockquote><br>Seconded.<br><br>We all start by doing custom code, only to come to that conclusion via the<br>same route you are now experiencing.<br><br>Give Drupal a try (<a href="http://drupal.org/">http://drupal.org/</a>).<br>
</div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger W.Dijkstra<br>
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci<br>