HTML page in a module

New Member Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 12

How do I make a module that I could insert an HTML page into and keep all of the left-side block but have the right side blocks turned off?

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:52 pm

I believe when creating a module, you actually need to specify code which enables the right-side blocks, which is what you don't want. So by omitting the code, you should be fine.

Hangin' Around Joined: Nov 09, 2004 Posts: 32

You can use iframe :

<?php
if (!stristr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], "modules.php")) {
die ("You can't access this file directly...");
}
require_once("mainfile.php");
$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));
include("header.php");
$index = 1;
OpenTable();
echo"<iframe id=\"MyFrame\" name=\"MyFrame\" align=\"center\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http://www.mysite.com/mypage.html</iframe>";
CloseTable();
include("footer.php");
?>

where $index=1; means rightblocks are visible.
where $index=0; means rightblocks are not visible.

At iframe src section just change to the page you want to show to this module.

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:09 am

I must be doing something wrong as its only displaying a plain white page. I saved that code to a file named index.php and put it in the modules folder in its own subfolder and activated the module under the modules adminsistration. Is there anything I missed or was this the wrong procedure?

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:07 pm

do like this:

<?php

if (!eregi("modules.php", $PHP_SELF)) {
die ("You can't access this file directly...");
}

define('INDEX_FILE', true);
?>

html code

<?php
include("footer.php");
?>

This will allow all blocks to appear and html code to be run as html.
TEST the html code to make sure it works correctly.

Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

isnt it better to include it instead of using frames..
like...

Code:




if ( !defined('MODULE_FILE') ) {


    die ("You can't access this file directly...");


}





require_once("mainfile.php");


$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));


$index = 0; // do not show right blocks !...is what you want..


include("header.php"); 


OpenTable();


include("/path to whatever html file/"); 


CloseTable();


include("footer.php");

in this way the page will allways show normal without any weird borders,scroll,or whatever..[/code]

registered · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:55 pm

Quote:

isnt it better to include it instead of using frames..

It really depends on what is needed. Isaiah doesn't specifically state that it is a complete HTML page, <html>, <head>, <body> tags and all, or if its just HTML that would normally be found within the <body> tag (i.e., can the HTML "stand" on its own?).

Personally, I despise iframes and stay away from them as much as possible.