MX Includes Forum :: Including a page once only

Hi guy's,

Im mega confused here. I have built a site using Mx Includes List, all pages are being pulled into an index page. I have "Included" an mp3 player at the top of my index page. Ok each time you navigate to a different page within thesite the mp3 track starts again. Is there anyway to stop this from happening??

Regards

Tom

http://manlikejez.co.uk

Hi Tom,

you would have to use frames for this -- means having the player in one persistant frame and the other contents loaded in a different frame. What you´re experiencing, is "the nature of page requests" and has nothing to do with MX Includes.

Günter

Hallo Tom

I see, that you call all your included pages except the index page with the "mod" parameter.

So you could use another Interakt SB to only show the mp3-player when the mod-parameter is empty:

Search for the "Show if Conditonal Region" SB in your Server Behaviors panel; should be:

"MX Kollection" --> "Conditional Regions" --> "Show if Conditional Region"

Select your mp3-player region within your code and apply the "Show if..." SB.

Your code should then look like this:

 <?php
// Show IF Conditional region1
if ("mod" == "") {
?>
         This is the code where your mp3-player sits.

          <?php }
// endif Conditional region1
?>

The above code only shows your mp3-player if the mod parameter has no value, meaning, that when calling your index page, it will show, but when you call any other page (for example: http://manlikejez.co.uk/index.php?mod=charts) the mp3 player won't show.

However, there would be a better method to get what you want:

I would creat another include page that contains the code for the mp3-player, call it mp3.php.

Within dreamweaver you could add another "URL-variable":

1. In the "Bindings" panel click the "+" button and add "mp3" as a URL-variable.
2. In your "master page" create an include region that contains your "mp3.php" (Important: Choose "Server Side Include" - NOT" Server Side Include from list")
3. Apply the "Show if Cond..." Server Behavior (see above, but set change the parameter settings from "mod" to your new URL-variable "mp3": Your code should now look like this:
   
   <?php
   // Show IF Conditional region1
   if ("mp3" == "1") {
   ?>
            <?php
     mxi_includes_start("path_to/mp3.php");
     require(basename("path_to/mp3.php"));
     mxi_includes_end();
   ?>

             <?php }
   // endif Conditional region1
   ?>

4. Now you can call any page with the mod-parameter + you can decide, if you want the mp3-player and simply control it by adding "&mp3=1" to your link:
   
   http://manlikejez.co.uk/index.php?mod=charts
   
   does not show the player, but
   
   http://manlikejez.co.uk/index.php?mod=charts&mp3=1
   
   will display your charts-page and the player.

Hope that helps...

Cheers

Willi