Server-side includes question

Question

I preface this all by saying that I have never used a
server-side include but am considering it based on a suggestion
from a thread yesterday.
If I created a server-side include file that contained only
my title banner/nav bar and placed that file at the top of each of
my pages, would it then be possible to have content (Flash, in this
case) from an editable region in a template-based file display on
top of that banner? Can they overlap, I guess is what I'm asking.
Thanks - JAY

Answer 1

> This would probably be an issue mostly if you don't want
to synchronize
> your
> entire site, I suppose. What about file directory
issues? Can you keep
> pages in
> sub-directories based on the specific template from
which they were
> created or
> will that cause problems (such as SSI functionality)?
DW is quite smart enough to manage your page links.
Plus, if you can use virtual includes, then the link to the
include files
will be the same for any page in any location in your site.
So - you have no link worries in this sense. But a more
specific example
that leads you to ask your question might help get a better
answer here.
> class 1. I've got my nav bar/title banner
> happening as an SSI to be included on all pages - class
2. Lastly, all
> page-specific content including detail text, images, and
some info and nav
> Spry
> panels will appear in editable regions, (defined by
divs, presumably?) -
> class
> 3. WIth the latter, I'll preload the editable regions
with the type of
> content
> I want and then customize it on each page, relink, etc.
Using an editable region for a section-specific navigation
include is a
great way to do it.
Good luck!
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> But underlying it all is this nasty requirement to
upload all changed
> files.
>
>
> This would probably be an issue mostly if you don't want
to synchronize
> your
> entire site, I suppose. What about file directory
issues? Can you keep
> pages in
> sub-directories based on the specific template from
which they were
> created or
> will that cause problems (such as SSI functionality)?
>
>
quote:
> First, I mentally separate the page layout into three
sections:
>
> 1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site
(i.e., the basic
> structural elements)
> 2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g.,
navigation
> elements,
> burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
> 3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
>
> Then I create a template containing all class1 elements.
Next I create
> server-side include files containing all class 2
elements and place them
> on the
> template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements
may be
> "section-specific elements", and their placement on the
template will be
> subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable
regions to cover the
> class
> 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
>
>
> This makes sense to me and is very much what I had in
mind, (after asking
> lots
> of questions on this forum, that is). This site will
need at least three
> different structural pages - class 1. I've got my nav
bar/title banner
> happening as an SSI to be included on all pages - class
2. Lastly, all
> page-specific content including detail text, images, and
some info and nav
> Spry
> panels will appear in editable regions, (defined by
divs, presumably?) -
> class
> 3. WIth the latter, I'll preload the editable regions
with the type of
> content
> I want and then customize it on each page, relink, etc.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> JAY
>