Adding a footer....maybe

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Can someone steer me in the right direction. I would like to add a line at
the bottom of every page of a website to display the same information, maybe
a copyright date. Is there a way to do this without typing this same line on
every page... so that if it needs to be updated, I would only have to change
it in one place, and all the pages would get updated? Could this be done
with CSS?

Thanks for you help.
 
You could use an include, or a template, but if you're web site is not setup
to use something like templates or shared borders it's tough to do it
without editing every single page. You may want to toy with the idea of a
shared border at the bottom to place this information in, but first backup
your web site as sometimes applying a shared border can mess things up
depending on how your pages are designed.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
 
Thanks for your help. I was hoping there was a way to do it with CSS. Do
you know if there is?

-D
 
Yes, it can be done with CSS, but no....

Add a style
body:after {content:"Copyright My Company 2006";} to your stylesheet.

and the copyright string will be rendered at the end of the page.

BUT, this is only supported in Netscape 7, FireFox and Opera 9 (other
versions not tested) - Not supported in any version of Internet Explorer
(including IE7), and therefore, IMO, not very useful.
 
Use the normal methods - three options below:

1) Create a page called "footer.html" then add the info you want, then use
the Include Page option.

2) Use Shared Borders, add the information to the bottom border; apply
Shared Borders to all or to as many pages as you wish the info to appear on.

3) If using FP2003, then add that info to your Dynamic Web Template.
 
Thank you. I didn't know about the "Include Page" Option. What a great
tool! Thank you! ...now I'm thinking of all the other places I could use it.
:)
 
FYI, "Shared Borders" are just another form of an 'include page' but Include
Pages specifically let you add the page(s) and include them whereever you
want on a page, rather than just limited to bottom/top/left/right borders.
 
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