brady.k — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:01:05 +0000

$title = "Index" sets you up for a few things:
1- It would vary by page (Contact, Calendar, etc)
2- It would set you up for a database connection, and choosing the table related to that page
3- It would be used to generate a page title Mypage: <?=$title?>

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jcooper — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:00:30 +0000

How would I do that? Also, any ideas on what to charge. I used a formula that avg. each page at 10 min. each. That would be 500 hours of work. If I did an hourly charge of just $25 per hour thats $12,500. Like I said, this project is larger in scope than any I've done before, but I do think I can do it!

vb8 — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 06:42:46 +0000

Wow, 3000 pages.. Are all the pages currently in HTML format? If so, I would recommend making a admin backend first and a content manager. Forms that connects to a database and manually copying and pasting each page. Although its alittle time consuming, I think that it would benefit you the webmaster and also a great learning curve for you as well. Good luck with your project

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jcooper — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 05:54:31 +0000

I wasn't planning on using frames, but thats how it is now, just thought that was a turn in my favor, since no design elements are there. Quick question... what does the $title="index" accomplish? Like I said I am new to php. Can you setup a database or similar for the titles of the dynamically created pages? I do think I will have to go through each page to define style sheet variables, get rid of any tables, etc. Maybe not though... I like your idea. I will have to research the site to see what the possibilities are.

Thanks

brady.k — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 03:06:54 +0000

Number 1- Since you're redesigning...dont use frames
Number 2- you can setup pages like

<?php
// index.php

$title = \"Index\";

include('/path/to/server/includes/header.txt');
echo \"body of the page\";
include('/path/to/server/includes/footer.txt');
?>

My recommendation is you build a standard page generator, that grabs text from a database, and header and footer.txt are the html and css/necessary php formatting the site