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HTML

Sam Deighton II
Sam Deighton II
25,602 Points
Posted by Sam Deighton II
Sam Deighton II
25,602 Points

Is linking external html possible?

Say there is a <footer> element that wont change across pages, can you put that information in a html file and link to it and have that file add that information to the page? If so, is this bad practice?

1 Answer

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

In the context you're speaking, I don't believe so. With a back-end language like PHP or Rails, you could chunk some html together and place it seamlessly on multiple pages, and update variables to change elements that should be changed on a new page ( titles, dates, etc.)

Sam Deighton II
Sam Deighton II
25,602 Points
Sam Deighton II
Sam Deighton II
25,602 Points

Thank you, that is what I thought. I have messed with PHP just enough to know how to achieve it that way but didn't know if it was possible with basic html. Thank you again.