Re: How should I do this site...?

Hi there Have you tried putting this into your '.htaccess' for each hierarchy, so that it will use a different 'master.inc' for each hierarchy ? Then you could divide the master.inc into three master.incs that could include the files they needed for each of the sections. .htaccess ------ php_value include_path '.:/path/to/section1' ------ On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Martin Hughes wrote: > Heya, > > OK - I have a site I've been working on on and off for a while. It started > as a static page, then I changed it so it uses php. This was great - until I > started putting content in the design. I now have about 300 *.inc files for > the site, and updating them is a joke! > > The site is designed in a heirachical way: > > Top > Section 1 > id 1 > id 2 > id 3 > id 4 > Section 2 > id 1 > id 2 > id 3 > Section 3 > id 1 > id 2 > id 3 > id 4 > etc... > > I'm using 1 file for the code - index.php?sect=XX&id=XX and the nav menus > are dynamically generated and populated on the page along with the content > which is filled by an inc file in directory: root/php/"sectname"/"id".inc > where "sectname" is the name of a section defined in an array in index.php > (eg, section 6 is "synthesizers"). The images and headings on the page are > also dynamically generated (images have a number eg "2.jpg" for the heading > of section 2 etc.) > > In sections 6 though, ids 2-6 are based on one template, so i have 5 files: > 2.inc, 3.inc, ... 6.inc all exactle the same, just containing <? > require_once('php/synthesizers/template.inc') ?> > This seems somewhat stupid. > > Oer X-Mas & New Year, I want to entirely recodethe site so it is more "user > friendly" for me to maintain. I am slowly getting better and better at php > so it should be good. > > Does ANYONE have any pointers as to how to start and do this thing. Any > ideas for how my site should be layed out (directory-wise etc - is it easier > to have 1 directory per section and hold everything in it - images included, > or is it best to have a separate img/ directory??). > > many thanks all - Seasons greets!! > > Martin > > > > -- Knut ------ Knut H. Hassel Nielsen, knutnie@idi.ntnu.no Principal Engineer, Office : ITS 204 IDI NTNU, Sem Saelands vei 7-9 N-7491 Trondheim, Norway Phone (+47) 73 59 18 46 Fax (+47) 73 59 60 35 "If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -Dykstra"