Can you link to text?

Question

Hello again...
Okay, here's the scoop: I'm building some websites which will
be expanding in size over the coming months and years. Right now I
have a footer with copyright info, it's text controlled ny an
external style sheet. Works lovely.
So let's say that I get into these pages, oh, 50-100 or more
pages and suddenly I realize that I have to change the text in the
footer to read differently. Don't ask why, please.
Can I link to a bit of text, stored elsewhere, just like a
photo or file, that will deliver the copyright info, just one
simple set of text that I can change once and affect a global
change on my large websites? I'd rather do it with text as opposed
to a graphic.
Any takers? It's late here in Las Vegas (12:31am) and the cat
on my lap won't tell me if he knows how to solve this issue.
Cheers all,
Wordman

Answer 1

Now Now! credit where credits due- both books on PHP and
dreamweaver- I
spent my money !;-)
Ian
"Walt F. Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
>> Incidentaly it's not that I'm clever I stole/ robbed
the code from an
>> extremely usefull publication called PHP for
Dreamweaver by someone
>> called Powers ;-)
>
> At least give yourself credit for being clever enough to
buy & read
> David's book. :-)
>
> --
>
> Walt
>
>
> "Ian Edwards"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hi
>>
>> I use it all the time
>>
>> add a line similar to this in your footer area
>>
>> <?php include("copyright.php"); ?>
>>
>> then create a file called copyright.php with the
following code - no
>> other code in the file
>>
>> <p>&copy;
>> <?php
>> $startYear=2006;
>> $thisYear = date('Y');
>> if ($startYear == $thisYear) {echo $startYear;}
>> else {echo "$startYear-$thisYear";} ?>
>> Junction24 Ltd &amp; Edwards Micros All Rights
Reserved<br />
>> </p>
>>
>> If you create a template inside say a footer div you
can then copy the
>> footer div with the include inside it and use find
and replace to add it
>> to all your pages.
>>
>> Then if you just change the copyright.php it will be
reflected on every
>> page.
>>
>>
>> Incidentaly it's not that I'm clever I stole/ robbed
the code from an
>> extremely usefull publication called PHP for
Dreamweaver by someone
>> called Powers ;-) Recommend it! introduced me to php
and now I'm an
>> Expert!!!!;-) Also qualified as a liar
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> "Wordman-GL" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hello again...
>>>
>>> Okay, here's the scoop: I'm building some
websites which will be
>>> expanding in
>>> size over the coming months and years. Right now
I have a footer with
>>> copyright
>>> info, it's text controlled ny an external style
sheet. Works lovely.
>>>
>>> So let's say that I get into these pages, oh,
50-100 or more pages and
>>> suddenly I realize that I have to change the
text in the footer to read
>>> differently. Don't ask why, please.
>>>
>>> Can I link to a bit of text, stored elsewhere,
just like a photo or
>>> file, that
>>> will deliver the copyright info, just one simple
set of text that I can
>>> change
>>> once and affect a global change on my large
websites? I'd rather do it
>>> with
>>> text as opposed to a graphic.
>>>
>>> Any takers? It's late here in Las Vegas
(12:31am) and the cat on my lap
>>> won't
>>> tell me if he knows how to solve this issue.
>>>
>>> Cheers all,
>>>
>>> Wordman
>>>
>>>
>>
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