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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Creating the Menu and Footer Adding Active States to the Navigation

Posted by Randy Crowson
Randy Crowson
2,531 Points

On index page Shirts link his looking strange

<html> <head> <title><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></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 <?php if ($section == "shirts") {echo "on"; } ?>"><a 
            href="shirts.php">Shirts</a></li>
            <li class="contact <?php if ($section == "contact") {echo "on"; } ?>"><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></li>
            <li class="cart"><a href="#">Shopping Cart</a></li>
        </ul>

    </div>

</div>
Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points
Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points

Yeah, it should be just

<a href="/">Shirts 4 Mike</a>

1 Answer

Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points
Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points

He talks about it in this video at 3:18. If you watch the whole video it will make sense. This is the preferred method to do it, but he doesn't cover it till the second PHP project.