[JPLamb]

hi all,

My webdesign skills are very limited, I can use html and some very basic php but i havent used it for a while so i will have to read from the begginning.

I have a website at the min that i am starting to update and am wanting to make the menu on the left side come from a database so i can easily update it.

the website is http://jplamb.ath.cx/

does anybody have a template that i could use, i wiould like to make it so you could press, downloads for instance and then it would list the different download pages, like below

(menu before click)
Home
Downloads
Contact
About

(Menu after click)
Home
Download
____Antivirus
____Editing software
____Games
____Other
Contact
About

I know mostly how to sort the database side out but pointers on this would be great.

thank you very much

JPLamb

[ehymel]

I don't have what you're looking for, but I have to say that using a database to do this seems quite the overkill. Why not just use a simple snippet of code that generates the menu, store that in a separate file, then pull that file in as an include with every page on your site? MUCH simpler to both implement and maintain.

[JPLamb]

thank you for your reply, Sorry it has taken me a bit of time to reply.

so do i create a basic html page with the links in and then link this in to my main page?

would i have to use a frame to pull the page in? if not how would i do this so that it will work well?

Cheers

[Mr.LLB]

no. what ehymel means is to create your page and leave the menu area blank and create the menu in a different page and simply link to this page from any page on your website.

so 1 file with the menu in it.

and the rest of your website simply links to this page using the include tag to pull in the menu. this way, all you will need to do is update that one file and the menu gets updated on your entire website.

[ehymel]

Yes, Mr.LLB is right, although the phrase "link to this page from any page" is a little confusing. It's not a link as in <a href> html link, but instead an include command in php. This page has a great example of exactly what you are needing.

[Mr.LLB]

lol sorry.... but yeah thats a good example