Using Include Files to Make Changes to All Your Website Pages Instantly

What is an Include File?you can accomplish the same thing in your html
If you are familiar with basic HTML you know thatcoding?
whatever content you put in the HTML coding will beThere are a variety of reasons for this, but this one
displayed through an open browser. The content istops my list as the most beneficial.
placed inside HTML tags on the same page you wantFor the sake of simplicity, lets assume you have a
to display.100 page website and each one of those pages
An Include File contains content that is LOCATEDdisplays the same page header. Lets also assume you
SOMEWHERE ELSE instead of right there inside htmljust had a beautiful new page header designed and
tags of the page. If you understand how CSS styleyou want it to replace your old one.
sheets work, it's the same basic concept of anIf you were use the traditional methods of updating
external style sheet.your pages, you would be required to make changes
The contents of an Include file will also be displayedto the HTML code on 100 pages. That's a lot of
through an open browser just as if the content werework. Even minor changes to that many pages takes
right there in the HTML code. That "somewhere else"time to accomplish.
is usually at a different location somewhere on yourBy using an Include, you make the changes to the
server.Include File, upload it to your server and it
Using specific php type language, the HTML code tellsautomatically updates those 100 pages for you.
your browser to go to "anotherplace.html", grab theThe content inside an Include can be anything you
content and display part or all of it in your browser.can put on a webpage ie.. text, graphics, audio etc.
Why Use an Include File?The format can be any format you use on your web
Why would you want to use an Include File whenpage, ie.. .txt, .html, .asp, .php etc.