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Nate Sprague
8,218 PointsConsistent Header throughout a Website
What is the best practice for dynamically pulling the same header, footer and any other elements that are consistently the same throughout an entire website?
2 Answers
jacobproffer
24,604 PointsHey Nate,
If you're using PHP, you can just include your header and footer on any of your pages, such as your index and sub-pages. From an agency standpoint, I would consider that to be best practice. This becomes more regular if you're working with WordPress.
For sections you're going to re-use throughout your site, such as a testimonial slider, I would also use includes but place those elements inside of a folder typically labeled 'modules'.
Dave Berning
17,365 PointsHi Nate,
If you are creating a website from scratch, the best practice is to use PHP. Nothing too crazy but this can easily be achieved via PHP "includes".
<?php include "path/to/header.php"; ?>
You can also use this to dynamically generate a sidebar or other sections.