How to customize the header and footer.txt files

[mgarcia]

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I wish to customise the header.txt file to reflect my own style.

I have added the code I want and saved the file as a .txt file as per the instructions within the readme file quote

"You may edit header.txt and footer.txt files to add your own header and footer to the links page. You will have to use full image URLs in the code. For example instead of <IMG SRC="images/image.jpg" ... > use <IMG SRC="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/image.jpg" ... >! Same goes for any Javascripts or CSS files if you are calling them from within the header or footer."

I am unable to change the visual of the web page when I use the following code -

include_once '/gbook/header.txt';

Header resides within the gbook directory.

What am I doing wrong?

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[Henrie]

I am unable to change the visual of the web page when I use the following code -

include_once '/gbook/header.txt';

You should not need to include this code yourself. It is already present (as include_once 'header.txt'; inside the gbook.php file. So if you edited the gbook.php file and added or change the include_once line, please remove it or change it back to the original value (even easier, upload the original gbook.php file from the zip file again).

Greetings,
Henrie

[mgarcia]

Thanks Henrie, I did in fact amend the header.txt file, I did not change the original code it is as it was "include_once '/gbook/header.txt';"


Regards

[mgarcia]

Thanks Henrie, I did in fact amend the header.txt file, I did not change the original code it is as it was "include_once '/gbook/header.txt';"


Regards

I am still looking to resolve this question...could it be that the suffix is .txt should it be something else like .htm any other reason it is not finding the file to include?

[Henrie]

Hmm, in gbook.php version 1.6 line number 1082 is

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include_once 'header.txt';

If in your version of GBook you say it is

include_once '/gbook/header.txt';

you should change it to the code i mentioned before. Or better upload the original gbook.php included in the zip-file you downloaded from phpjunkyard.com.

The header.txt (the extension is correct as .txt) can not be found because with '/gbook/header.txt' gbook.php will look in place other than where header.txt file is located

Example.
include_once 'header.txt'; looks for header.txt file here:
http://galina.mgarcia.com.au/gbook/header.txt
The faulty code include_once '/gbook/header.txt'; looks (like i said before) for header.txt file in a place other than where header.txt file is located.

Also, the text you have included in header.txt file is

"hello"

. This text will not display because of the quotes. Try using some valid html like <p>Hello</p>

Goodluck,
Henrie

[mgarcia]

Thanks for the help I have resolved as per ur tip. Now I just have to work out how to get the display as I would like it.

[Henrie]

Glad you got it working.

Succes with editing the code in the header.txt file.

Greetings,
Henrie