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omid_79

5:43 am on Oct 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Hello,

I'm looking for a HTML multi page generator. I currently in process of building a site that will be selling 1000's of products online. I was wondering if there is a recommended page generator to automatically create product pages for me. I have created several templates which i use to develop pages but since majority of the pages are alike and only a few lines of code will be changed in each, i was wondering if there is an easier way of doing this? rather than me creating each page from templates and manually chaging lines of code in each page according to that product. Below is the code in my template:

[<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<TITLE>
Name Style (#### STYLE NUMBER) Bridesmaid Dress
:: Designer Bridesmaid Dresses
:: On Sale Bridal
</TITLE>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/common.css" >
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="My Name Style (#### STYLE NUMBER) Bridesmaid Dress or Gown from ON SALE bridal">
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<!-- ================== Begin Outer Table ========================== -->
<div id="wrapper">
<!--#include virtual="/includes/menu_top_new.html"-->
<!--#include virtual="/includes/csssearch_top.html"-->
<!--- ====================== Begin Page Content========================== -->
<div id="content">
<h3>Name Style (#### STYLE NUMBER) Bridesmaid Dress </h3>
<div id="content-productdesc">
<b>Description: </b>(#### PRODUCT DESCRIPTION)
<br><br>
<b>Colors: </b><a href="/Images/bridesmaid_dresses/name/swatches/(#### STYLE NUMBER).html" target="page" onClick="window.open('','page','left=50,top=50')">[color swatches]</a>
(#### PRODUCT COLORS)
<br><br>
<b>Sizes: </b><a href="size_chart.html" target="page" onClick="window.open('','page','left=50,top=50')">[size chart]</a> 0-28
<br><br>

</div>
<div id="content-pagenum">
<br><a href="(#### PREVIOUS STYLE NUMBER).html">Prev</a>&nbsp;¦&nbsp;
<a href="/bridesmaid_dresses.html" title="bridesmaid dresses">Bridesmaid Dresses and Gowns</a>&nbsp;¦&nbsp;
<a href="p1.html" title="bridesmaid dresses">My Name</a>&nbsp;¦&nbsp;
<a href="(#### NEXT STYLE NUMBER).html">Next</a>
</div>
<img src="/Images/bridesmaid_dresses/billlevkoff/(#### STYLE NUMBER).jpg" align="middle" style="margin: 10px 40px 10px 40px" alt="bridesmaid dress style (#### STYLE NUMBER)">
<img src="/Images/bridesmaid_dresses/name/(#### STYLE NUMBER)-1.jpg" align="middle" style="margin: 10px 40px 10px 40px" alt="bridesmaid dress style (#### STYLE NUMBER)">
</div><!-- content -->
<!--#include virtual="/includes/menu_bottom_new.html"-->
</div><!--wrapper-->
<!--#include virtual="/includes/cssfooter.html"-->
</BODY>
</HTML>]

I have placed (####) next to the code that needs to be changed.

Any help/input on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

[edited by: encyclo at 1:04 am (utc) on Oct. 14, 2006]
[edit reason] examplified, see forum charter [/edit]

daveVk

6:37 am on Oct 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



PHP is one way of doing this see [w3schools.com...] and probably best place to start. Welcome to WW

omid_79

9:36 am on Oct 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thank you daveVk. After spending 2 hours online I think i came up with a solution. WebMerge. I've considered using PHP or ASP but was concerned about my pages not getting indexed properly. WebMerge seems to produce SE friendly static pages quickly, too bad it cost 100$ and the trial only produces 20 pages at a time, which is not what i'm looking for. So my question now is, is there a better software than WebMerge? Perhaps a freeware.

Thank you again,

topr8

9:42 am on Oct 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



places like hotscrips have loads of this type of thing, look in the database sections.

i have used a couple, years back, but in all honesty for something very simple like what you are doing, then if you have a webserver running on your local computer it would take you less than an hour to write a script to do what you want.

Robin_reala

12:00 pm on Oct 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I've considered using PHP or ASP but was concerned about my pages not getting indexed properly.

SEs read the output code, not the PHP/ASP. If you make sure your output code is the same then there won't be any difference.

daveVk

12:39 am on Oct 14, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



selling 1000's of products online

Perhaps you should be looking at "e commerce" or "shopping cart" packages, I dont know webMerge, make sure the technology you choose will meet all your needs such as online sales, having to do a conversion job laster can be a pain. Also consider how customer is going to choose between the 1000's of produces, what navigation/search do you need to provide, are static pages up to the task. As robin pointed out, SEO considerations are largely independent of technology.