Newbie - Photo Genre Link

[stevejvan]

I have only used php includes to prevent the duplication of headers, nav, etc on a page in the past.

 

I have a BS in Computer Science so I am familiar with programming, but.....

 

I am trying to create a html / css photo portfolio website.

 

I want the portfolio page to have genre links (families, nature, weddings, etc) and hopfully with your help clicking those links would pull up that specified group of thumbs and drop them into the designated body area.  The page would include thumbs with a lightbox plugin.  I am not sure if the thumbs would have to be in an html file, or if this is a programming thing.

I am sure there are probably plugins to do this, I would rather code if it isn't TOO involved.  If someone knows of a good free plugin, that would be great too.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Steve

 

 

[trq]

Where exactly are you stuck?

 

By the way, theres no such thing as a plugin in php.

[shergold]

use $_GET, for example:

 

set your hyperlinks like so

 

<a href="www.mywebpage.com/gallery?=wedding>

 

then on the gallery page make code like so:

 

<?php
$page = $_GET['page'];

if ($page == 'wedding')
include ('wedding.php')
elseif ($page == 'family')
include ('family.php')
else
include ('gallery.php')
?>

 

i hope that helps,

shergold.

[stevejvan]

Easy enough!  Thank you so much for taking the time to answer.  I appreciate it.

[shergold]

no problem.

 

shergold.

[stevejvan]

I am having some problems with this.  When I click on the link for the genre it isn't including the genre page.  If I go to view the source, it isn't listed their either.  What am I missing?!  I don't know if I need all the brackets in the php, I was getting "Unexpected elseif" without them.  Also, in the HTML files I am including, I don't have the body or html, tags, I hope that is right.

 

 

Let me post my code.

 

Here is the code for the links....

 

<ul id="genres">

<div id="genreswrap">               

<li><a href="?page=families"><img src="images/genre_families.png" /></a></li>

<li><a href="?page=nature"><img src="images/genre_nature.png" /></a></li>

<li><a href="?page=seniors"><img src="images/genre_seniors.png" /></a></li>

<li><a href="?page=engagements"><img src="images/genre_engagements.png" /></a></li>

<li><a href="?page=weddings"><img src="images/genre_weddings.png" /></a></li>

</div> <!-- genreswrap" -->

</ul> <!-- genres -->

 

 

Here is the content of one of the genre HTML files just as a test....

No HTML tag, or body, etc.....

 

<img src="images/nature/Nature-1.jpg" />

 

And lastly, here is the PHP code:

 

<?php

$page = $GET['page'];

if($page == "families") {

include ("families.html");}

elseif($page == "nature"){

include ("nature.html");}

elseif($page == "seniors"){

include ("seniors.html");}

elseif($page == "engagements"){

include ("engagements.html");}

elseif($page == "weddings"){

include ("weddings.html");}

?>

   

 

Again, I appreciate your help.

[ignace]

This should be a .php page if it contains php code or it won't get executed:

include ("families.html");

[stevejvan]

families.html only has the <a href="> tags.

 

The portfolio.php file has the php in it.

 

 

[trq]

The array your after is $_GET not $GET.

[stevejvan]

$_Get worked!

 

I am so happy!

 

Thank you everyone for your time and help.