If I were to change something in the navigation of a website I’m building I’d have to change it on EVERY single page. Is there a way that I could write the XHTML markup for my navigation into a PHP variable, and then using echo apply it to the page. Here is my XHTML markup
[code=html]<div id=”navigation”><!–Start: Navigation–>
<ul id=”navList”>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/preview.html” id=”home”>Home</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about” id=”about”>About us</a>
<ul id=”aboutDrop”>
<li class=”top”><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about/who”>Who We Are</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about/beliefs”>What We Believe</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about/john”>Meet Pastor John</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about/staff”>Meet the Staff</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/about/location”>Location Information</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media” id=”media”>Media</a>
<ul id=”mediaDrop”>
<li class=”top”><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media/live”>Live Broadcast</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media/video”>Video Downloads Library</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media/audio”>Audio Downloads Library</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media/podcasting”>Subscribe to Our Podcast</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/media/gallery”>Photo Gallery</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries” id=”ministries”>Ministries</a>
<ul id=”ministriesDrop”>
<li class=”top”><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries/men”>Men’s Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries/women”>Women’s Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries/youth”>Youth Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries/children”>Children’s Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/ministries/other”>Other Ministries</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/events” id=”events”>Events</a>
<ul id=”eventsDrop”>
<li class=”top”><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/events/upcoming”>Upcoming Events</a></li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/events/calendar”>2007 Year Calendar</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href=”http://www.ccgulfbreeze.com/contact” id=”contact”>Contact us</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!–End: Navigation–>