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jarrod Reeves
6,357 PointsIs their anything wrong with my code?
Randy says that their shouldn't be any changes to the website. When I refreshed the page, the top navigation bar didn't come up and all the content is in list format. So on the top is the frog, then below one another is the t- shirts.
4 Answers

thomascawthorn
22,985 PointsHey man, I think this is quite a common problem - if it's the one I'm thinking of.
The header will bug-out because of the $section variable not being set for the navigation. You can either go ahead and set $section on all your pages (i.e. adding $section = 'home'; on the home page) or you can check if the $section variable is set before assigning the active navigation class:
<html>
<li>
<a href="something.php" class="<?php if (isset($section) && $section === 'something' ) { echo "active"; } ?>">
Some Page
</a>
</li>
if this isn't the problem you're talking about, let me know :-)

Kim Cowart
32,918 PointsThis answer helped alot with a white block I had on my shirts link in the nav bar. Thanks much!

Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherJarrod;
Can you include the code you are using please? It is tremendously helpful to see what your code is. See the Markdown Cheatsheet for how to add code to a post.

jarrod Reeves
6,357 PointsI added my code :)

jarrod Reeves
6,357 PointsINDEX PAGE '''php <?php include ('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section banner">
<div class="wrapper">
<img class="hero" src="img/mike-the-frog.png" alt="Mike the Frog says:">
<div class="button">
<a href="#">
<h2>Hey, I’m Mike!</h2>
<p>Check Out My Shirts</p>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section shirts latest">
<div class="wrapper">
<h2>Mike’s Latest Shirts</h2>
<ul class="products">
<li><a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-108.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-107.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-106.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-105.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
'''
CONTACT PAGE
'''php <?php include ('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section banner">
<div class="wrapper">
<img class="hero" src="img/mike-the-frog.png" alt="Mike the Frog says:">
<div class="button">
<a href="#">
<h2>Hey, I’m Mike!</h2>
<p>Check Out My Shirts</p>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section shirts latest">
<div class="wrapper">
<h2>Mike’s Latest Shirts</h2>
<ul class="products">
<li><a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-108.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-107.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-106.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li><li>
<a href="#">
<img src="img/shirts/shirt-105.jpg">
<p>View Details</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
'''
HEAD PAGE '''php <html> <head> <title> <?php echo 'Shirts 4 Mike' ?> </title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700" type="text/css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> </head> <body>
<div class="header">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Shirts 4 Mike</a></h1>
<ul class="nav">
<li class="shirts"><a href="#">Shirts</a></li>
<li class="contact"><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></li>
<li class="cart"><a href="#">Shopping Cart</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
'''

Alexander Kapriniotis
25,897 PointsI know i may be a bit late but i just begin the tutorial and i figured out what the problem was. If you go to the php.ini file and change the short_open_tag = Off to short_open_tag = on you will be fine :)

thomascawthorn
22,985 PointsOh wait! I see. Still keep in mind my previous answer, I'm confident you'll encounter it soon!
The last code you gave us, the bottom most section was the header you're including?
The header has to contain, not only the navigation etc, but also the whole html <head> section. i.e. stylesheet links, page title, doctype, opening html tags etc. Everything that you want to share across these pages should be inside the header file.
Hope this helps!
jarrod Reeves
6,357 Pointsjarrod Reeves
6,357 PointsI am also using Sublime text 2