a real dumb question I know! but....

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Hi Guys,

I've got a template to build a site, I usually use wordpress but want to try something different.

So this template has 5 pages, and Im editing it in Komposer, a couple of quick questions'..........
  • How do I get the different pages to work together (I can only load one at a time onto komposer) when I upload to my hosting will they automatically connect to each other? or is there something I need to do?
  • The contact form on the template is obviously just a static form, how do I link that form so its live to the appropriate email address?
If this could be explained to me like your exlaining to an 8 yr old that would be massively appreciated!


Thanks in advance
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Originally Posted by louie6925 View Post

    How do I get the different pages to work together (I can only load one at a time onto komposer) when I upload to my hosting will they automatically connect to each other? or is there something I need to do?
    When you say 'work together' I gather you just mean working like a typical website. Each page is a separate page. The only thing that links pages together are links from one page to another. So let's say you have two pages, one is your homepage and it might be called index.php or index.html. You might also have a contact page called something like contact.html or contact.php. You simply upload both those page files to your website.

    The linking together of those pages simply occurs in the menu system you are using on the website. So your website might have a navigation menu at the top, bottom or both, with links such as Home, About Us, Contact Us, etc. When people click on those links in the menu they are taken to the respective pages. So you just need to make sure that menu is on every page and has the correct links to each page file. So the 'Home' link would link to the index.html or index.php file. The 'Contact Us' link would link to the contact.php or contact.html file.

    Originally Posted by louie6925 View Post

    The contact form on the template is obviously just a static form, how do I link that form so its live to the appropriate email address?
    If you just have a blank form then you need some type of form script to execute that form. There are plenty of free contact form script online, you'll just need to search Google and decide on one to use that suits your purposes.
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  • Profile picture of the author thedark
    When you upload a page on the web, it will be available at a specific url. For example: http://yoursite.com/index.html ( main page ).
    Then you will have http://yoursite.com/contact.html http://yoursite.com/about.html http://yoursite.com/salepage.html , etc. On all the pages, on the menus, you have to link to all other webpages. You don't need to know the url upfront, you can use relative links, for example you can use only the filename

    For example, when you add a link <a href="contact.html">Contact</a>
    Make sure that they are linked between before you upload.

    To make the contact form to send the email you have to use php. Make sure your server support php, and you should have a page with a php extension. Search on google for "php contact form" and you will find the code.

    Btw, why don't you use wordpress ?
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Never used komposer but I use dreamweaver. In dreamweaver I start with a template that can be automatically applied to any page I create. That template has the navigation links or menu in the sidebar or across the top, where ever you decide to put the menu. So no, the pages do not automatically link together. They all have to have a common menu with links to category pages which then link to individual pages.
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    • Profile picture of the author KuhNoodle
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      Never used komposer but I use dreamweaver. In dreamweaver I start with a template that can be automatically applied to any page I create. That template has the navigation links or menu in the sidebar or across the top, where ever you decide to put the menu. So no, the pages do not automatically link together. They all have to have a common menu with links to category pages which then link to individual pages.

      Well it does not have to some well thought out navigation system. That would be the smart thing to do, but it's a simple as linking page 1 to page 2 and page 1 to page 3 and so on and so forth. I'd recommend going to HTML Tutorial
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by KuhNoodle View Post

        Well it does not have to some well thought out navigation system. That would be the smart thing to do, but it's a simple as linking page 1 to page 2 and page 1 to page 3 and so on and so forth. I'd recommend going to HTML Tutorial
        That's a pretty lame way to link a multiple page site, particularly if you want visitors to have access to your whole site. If you want a rinky dinky method, that would work but if you want a professional site, you need a menu.
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        • Profile picture of the author KuhNoodle
          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          That's a pretty lame way to link a multiple page site, particularly if you want visitors to have access to your whole site. If you want a rinky dinky method, that would work but if you want a professional site, you need a menu.
          By no means am I saying that's the right way, or the correct way. I'm just telling the original poster that you have the option of doing something very intricate or basic. If it's a 5 page site they might just want to link everything off of just the first page. But I'm an old school coder that uses notepad+.
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          • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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            Originally Posted by KuhNoodle View Post

            By no means am I saying that's the right way, or the correct way. I'm just telling the original poster that you have the option of doing something very intricate or basic. If it's a 5 page site they might just want to link everything off of just the first page. But I'm an old school coder that uses notepad+.
            What's the point of answering if you're not going to answer with the right way or correct way? Let me guess. You posted answers to 100 threads yesterday and this is you working towards another 100 today ... sig exposure anyone?
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