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I am a Xara Xtreme 5 advanced user and would like to insert php code in a placeholder or using any other method (from xx5 or xwd) before the <html> tag.
I have used the <head> command in placeholders (Thanks covoxer) and use it extensively, but for a certain script I need to insert code before the <html> tag.
It would be nice to have a list of tricks for placeholders targeted to PHP programmers like myself.
Xara Xtreme is amazing!!
Thanks
If you are a php programmer, it shouldn't be any problem to just open up the html file with a text editor and insert the php code you need.
Chris, the problem with this approach is that each time you re edit/update your main .xar or .web file and re export, those hand edits are lost.
Placeholders preserve inserted scripts and snippets.
Hear, hear, Perseus. I have the same probelem (and have accidentally started another thread on the subject). The guy who said a competent php programmer should be able to had edit clearly hasn't tried this with dozens of files where the intiial code is overwritten by Web Designer. IN my case (prob yours too) I need session_start() before any html code (in fact before anything). It's so annoying it's stopping me using Web Designer for some projects that I would otherwise be real happy to use it on. Come on Xara give us a fix!
We'll cerainly shall.
I suppose you export your page into .htm ?
dcollard,
You are absolutely right, that is my case also with sessions and exporting dozens of files. Additionally when we use the header for redirections and for many other functions we need to have php before html.
Covoxer, thanks for taking care of that.
ab29, when I export the files even if I name the first page index.php it is exported as index.htm or index.html they are the only options for the first page, if someone knows how to export direct to index.php please let us know. The other pages (In a multipage design) will be exported with the php extension without problems.
Sledger, you are right also.
Just insert a dummy first page. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by perseus
It didn't cross my mind ....cool solution ...he he ;)Quote:
Just insert a dummy first page.
dcollard
There is probably a very good reason why this will not work, I am only slightly familiar with PHP but why not create a PHP file with the session_start() code on the first line and drop in the Xara output as an include file?
Thinking outside the box, Drwyd (how do you pronounce that?).
Yes that would work, a bit klugy, and the issue then is that internal links between pages won't work. All in all prob not much better than editing the file after generation.
Truth is we need a proper fix and it looks like coxover says we will get one. My take is that the logical solution is a Placeholder called start or something similar that just gets appended to the very beginning of the output file. Trying to rack my brains as to whether or not we need a finish one as well - not as key but prob useful.
perseus has covered ab29's comment perfectly - I also have the same issue with the exported file name for the home page - we should be able to have full control over that. As coxover says have a dummy front page (as I do) but its another kluge.
1st experience in this group - impressed so far. As with Xara products in general (been a user since way before the first Corel buyout)
Drwyd as in Druid, rhymes with fluid :-)
You could always link using absolute references rather than relative. Not so versatile but it is a quick fix until the official one.
Agreed, Drwyd. That's what I'm doing. Tks for input
Dick
Further to your comment "We certainly shall" when I asled for a fix to the problem of including php code at the very beginning of a file is this ability in Web Designer 6? If so I cannot find it.
Hi,
give the php-placeholder the name <html>.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcollard
Sebastian
John,Quote:
Originally Posted by covoxer
I don't know if Xara is thinking in this direction at all, but with proper enhancement, XWD would make an incredible CMS front end. A designer/web programmer could build the shell/template out of reusable script components for headers/footers/sidebars/menu's using include files. The inner content could then be updated by anyone (not requiring the techie skills), but having sufficient layout, graphic, and writing skills. Routine website maintenance could be handled by the end users, which is what CMS systems are great for.
This would remove the limitation of XWD being used for smaller sites only and open it up to a larger market.
Just wishing.....
Well, how this relates to the quoted statement?
The capability of adding code at the very beginning of the file is implemented in WD6 as Sebastian had correctly stated here.
Not sure I understand what you mean John. Are you suggesting that XWD6 (as is) would be adequate as a CMS front end for a large site, or merely that php include files are possible with placeholders?Quote:
Originally Posted by covoxer
I mean that I do not understand what relation is between the part of my message, that you had quoted, and the rest of your message? :)
I was talking explicitly about the code at the beginning of the file. Nothing else.
So, am I reading this right? I can create a placeholder, give it the name "<html>" and insert a php session start command in the placeholder, and it will put it before the html line in the file?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sebastian
Yes
Long time since I looked at this but needed it again and had not made a note of the solution at the time (doh!)Quote:
Originally Posted by steve.ledger
Yes this works and for clarity for othert users the technique is to create a placeholder, give it the name <html> then complete the Body section of the placeholder with the required code to go at teh very top of the page (typically <?php session_start(); ?>)
Sadly this is not updated in the Help for Xara even at Xara DesignerPro 10 as I use. Bit popintless having the capabilioty then not documenting it. I know that's what I did:-) but I'm not documenting the product
It's documented here under the article "Undocumented and Advanced Web Features", under the tab "Inserting Code":Quote:
Originally Posted by dcollard
http://support.xara.com/index.php?_m...articleid=2901