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danielpox

Anyone have a template of a static page design in PHP were certain divs get thier data from a variable given by the user?
Get it? :/ No WP!

danielpox

I'm trying to create an article system without any Wordpress or that kind of stuff but I really just don't know where to begin. I'm thinking like, in the document the user sees there's this code:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>iP5T - <?php echo $aH ?></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/page.css">
</head>
<body>
	<div id="content">
		<header class="articleHeader">
			<h1>iPhone 5 Thoughts</h1>
		</header>
		<section>
			<h2><?php echo $aH ?> - <?php echo $aW ?></h2>
			<article>
				<p><?php echo $aC ?></p>
			</article>
		</section>
	</div>
</body>
</html>

But the thing is, how do I make these articles and actually send them into this template which then creates a file with the specific data?

Please help..

danielpox

Help please? :(

danielpox

Seriously, anyone?? Either no one has seen this post or you don't understand my question.. :/

chrisburton

I'm not that knowledgeable in PHP but it sounds to me like you'd be creating a ton of variables to echo out each article.

danielpox

Well that doesn't really help me.. But I guess you're quite right.

chrisburton

Although it may not be ideal, you could just use Wordpress for a blog only and have the rest of your site the way it is now.

danielpox

I know, except that I really want to try this by my own. I actually think it's quite easy the way I'm thinking of it, just that I don't really know HOW to write it in PHP.

chrisburton

It sounds easy but it doesn't seem to be. How are you going to get different articles with the same "$aC" variable? The way I see it you would have to create a different one for each article.

BenWalker

If there isn't too much content:

In your database create a "content" table (call it what you like) with columns for id (name/number reference) and then each bit of data -- title, subtitle, content, etc. User input (GET request?) should be sanity checked and then used to retrieve the relevant items as variables.

You can then develop a separate interface for adding articles.

For a more comprehensive look at a PHP design that does what you are describing, look at the source code for Kroc Camen's site, camendesign.com.

http://camendesign.com/.system/

danielpox

Well, I'm thinking like that every article has it's own page 'article-title.php' and on the front page there's just a couple iframes? Simple as that, that database suggestion is good.

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