[Gllug] Website developement

[David Irvine]

> David Freeman <freemadi at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > list,
> > 
> > I have a couple of questions.
> > 
> > I have recently, as part of some NVQ avoidance work, been redsigning my
> > web site.
> > 
> > http://www.alug.org.uk/freemadi/
> > or if the DNS is fixed
> > http://freemadi.alug.org.uk/  [1]
> > 
> > Now I have spotted lots of mistakes due to me creating it when I should
> > be sleeping, as each page is almost identical, each page needs the same
> > alterations to be made. But each page is non Identicle enough for it to
> > be a pain in the arse to do.
> > 
> > So I was wondering if anyone on the list can think of a way to create a
> > site with lots of pages, like this one, where the design can be changed
> > without changing each file by hand, whilst keeping it looking as
> > similiar to what it does at the moment. And whilst keeping the html on
> > the server static, so I could create it dynamically on my machine and
> > then upload it.
> 
> heh. What a coinsidence.  Just two days ago I put some informations
> about (as far as I can tell) exactly the information you are looking
> for on my webpage.  I use gcc's preprocessor to merge a template
> holding the layout and link bit, and a file for holding the actual
> content. That way I do not have to mess around with a lot of html-tags
> just to change the content, and since all the pages uses the same
> layout, the design is easy to change/correct since you only have one
> file to relate to. I use make to control the whole thing. Examples of
> makefile, template and more is to be found on my webpage.
> 
> Have a look at http://www.brautaset.org/config.htm to get an idea. 
> Feel free to email me with questions.


Or of course you could take the easy way out :P

David



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