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BobbyDouglas
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ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 2:34:56
I have an ASP page with the following include:
<!-- #include virtual="/_includes/main_nav.inc.asp" -->
main_nav.inc.asp contains:
<ul>
<li><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/Contact-Us/">ContactUs</a></li>
</ul>
When I use the include on the About Us page, the code displayed should be:
<ul>
<li class="on"><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/Contact-Us/">ContactUs</a></li>
</ul>
What's the best way to do this?
Using PHP, I can accomplish this using:
<?php $on="About Us"; include("/_includes/main_nav.inc.php"); ?>
Where main_nav.inc.php looks like:
<ul>
<li<? if($page_on=="About Us"){ echo class="on"; }?>><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="/Contact-Us/">ContactUs</a></li>
</ul>
Basically, the About Us page will only have the class="on" when the include file contains a variable named $page_on that is equal to "About Us"
Also, if it makes a difference, maybe I ASP has a way to grab the folder name, and check if folder name == "About-Us"
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RE: ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 8:36:18
quote:
<li<? if($page_on=="About Us"){ echo class="on"; }?>><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
One way in ASP is to do something like this:
<li<%IF Instr(Request.Servervariables("URL"),"About-Us") > 0 Then%> class="on"<%End If%>><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
Instr looks for the string "About-Us" in the URL returned by Request.servervariables("URL")
That help any?
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 11:22:08
Roger,
When I try that, I believe the value of Request.Servervariables("URL") is actually the location of the include file, and not the end file, such as the About Us.
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RE: ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 12:55:02
Have you tried it? It doesn't for me. It returns what's in the address bar minus the domain and any querystring data) for me anyways.
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RE: ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 13:37:10
The way Roger did it is what Ive used in the past.
Another way is to use server.execute if you have different asp nav pages (although it is longer :-)
If pagename="nav" then
Server.Execute("/_includes/main_nav.inc.asp")
elseif If pagename="home" then
Server.Execute("/_includes/main_hm.inc.asp")
End if
Just to expand on what Roger did, set your page name as a variable first :
<%
pagename = lcase(Request.Servervariables("URL"))
%>
<!-- #include virtual="/_includes/main_nav.inc.asp" -->
<li<%IF lcase(Instr(pagename,"about-us")) > 0 Then%> class="on"<%End If%>><a href="/About-Us/">About Us</a></li>
< Message edited by Spooky -- 2/6/2008 13:48:25 >
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: ASP Variables passed to include - 2/6/2008 15:00:53
Don't know why but it is working now, must have overlooked something before.
Thanks guys!
This is a powerful way to handle navigation for pages :)
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