[thelist] Use PHP for content?
MarsHall
evolt at marsorange.com
Thu Nov 21 16:40:01 CST 2002
On Thursday, Nov 21, 2002, at 16:16 US/Central, Ray Hill wrote:
> The reason that I use PHP even with static content is site
> design...SNIP...if you're
> including a header and footer file into every page, it makes it
> incredibly
> easy to change the look and feel of a site at will.
Wouldn't server-side includes [SSI] do this without the overhead of the
PHP interpreter?
> An example of this is the "printable version" link I use on my site
> (example: http://www.prydain.com/resume/).
And a print stylesheet in CSS let you do this without requiring your
user to specifically select a printable version (or you to build a
custom program for to generate them):
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/goingtoprint/
Just suggesting some hammers for those nails ;)
Mars
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