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I did think that this would be easier to do via HTML, to be completely honest with you. What I was hoping to accomplish by using php was to have navigation bars that, if I edited some of the contents on one page, I wouldn't have to manually edit that same area throughout the rest of the pages by hand. I thought that with this engine I downloaded, it would allow me to work around having to do all those kinds of manual changes. So I guess my final question before I mark this topic as solved is: Is there any way to accomplish what my original intention for the menus is? If so, is it through php or somethig else?

Scarhand, your code seems to be along the lines of what I need to do, but again, I don't understand how to make that code function the way the top bar does. I think what people are missing here is the fact that I have no experience with php before and I'm learning it as I go, and just giving me a code isn't going to show me where to put it to get the results I'm looking for. Thank you nonetheless for the help, though, everyone.

Scarhand: How would that look as html?

YES, EXACTLY! What i want is for the side bar links to load the same way the top bar links do! I did try to copy the index file to their own directory, but when I accessed those pages it came up with a bunch of php errors (For an example, click the "Health & Beauty" link on the left side bar). I tried copying the index.php file, and parts of the directories, but I haven't tried copying (and preserving the directory's folder/subfolder levels (idk if I worded that correctly). I'm definitely going to give that, and ultraloveninja's suggestion a try. Thanks to the both of you for such helpful and quick responses. FY(&others')I: http://demo.templateblocks.com/ This is the original version of the engine you can download (http://www.templateblocks.com/download.html). All I really did was put in a layout, haha.

Hey guys~ I know this isn't exactly a code I need help with, but I'm so lost with this whole thing that I came here. My site is here: http://bos.macroscopy.net/ The problem I'm having is that I cannot figure out how to create pages that will load inside of the "body" area (the text area with the big glowing book). I am NOT talking about using an iframe, but rather having the site layout load up on every page listed on the SIDE BAR the way the TOP BAR's pages do. I tried creating just .html pages and linking to them the way the top bar's a href= tags seem to direct, but it doesn't load anything but just the .html page's contents. I tried creating folders and just copy+pasting the contents of the 'template' (main) directory into the new folder but all it does is take me back to the 'template' directory's pages. What I don't want to have to do is list every little page on the topbar just to be able to create pages. I have been using some free-to-use engine called Template Blocks, and I understand I will probably not be able to edit these pages withing the Template Block's admin/editing pages. If someone could show me how to do one page, I'm pretty sure I can do the rest myself. Any help at all would be SO appreciated! I'm a 100% beginner at PHP, so please be patient with me haha.