creating side navigation global columns

[tenaki]

Hi I want to have global left and right side columns on each page but I don't want to change every template page as maintaining this would be impossible over time.

I thought to make 2 page say left column.html and right column.html and use includes to display them as I think is done for header and footer.

Is this possible and if I done it where would I place the includes

[tenaki]

Hi all I have now sorted this out by putting the columns in the header and footer (nested tables) if anyone wants to see how this is done please let me know, the html is a bit scrappy as I haven't cleaned it up yet but it works well.

Basically it gives you Global columns to the left and right hand sides of the directory

[morgankd]

Hi all I have now sorted this out by putting the columns in the header and footer (nested tables) if anyone wants to see how this is done please let me know, the html is a bit scrappy as I haven't cleaned it up yet but it works well.

Basically it gives you Global columns to the left and right hand sides of the directory

I would like to see how it will work
thanks

[inspireme]

thats the way i would do it, use the header to open the left column and the footer to handle the right column.

content is placed between the two (the middle)

I have a site running jshop that does it this way, i can send you the files if you want to see the way they constructed the tables.

[tenaki]

thats the way i would do it, use the header to open the left column and the footer to handle the right column.

content is placed between the two (the middle)

Header: open and find at the bottom the start on the table that contains the main content, above that add the 1st cell (left column) and the table

     </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
 <table border="1">
  <tr>
    <td><!-- new table cell -->
<table align=center border="1">
  <tr>
    <td>right handside</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</td>
    <td> <!-- main content -->
      <div align="center">
        <table width="100%" border="2">
          <tr>
            <td>

Footer: Insert new table cell at the top

 <td valign="top"><!-- new table cell -->
<table align=center border="1">
  <tr>
    <td>right handside</td>
  </tr>
</table>
 </td>
  </tr>
</table><!-- end main content -->

Hope that's right as it was from memory, hope it helps