Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
Sun May 31, 2020, 07:47 PM May 2020

What is this on DU when I logged in?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/index.php

What is index.phb? What is the purpose of the index.php file?

https://docs.joomla.org/What_is_the_purpose_of_the_index.php_file%3F

<head>
<title>My Example Webpage</title>
<meta name="title" content="example" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="www.example.com/css/css.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

And the same thing done the Joomla! way:

<head>
<jdoc:include type="head" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>templates/mytemplate/css/css.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

So, instead of these header parts being defined on the index.php file, the header parts are looked up from the database by bits of php code. The clever part is that both these scripts will deliver the same code to a user. If you look at the code of a joomla website, all the <?php blah /> will have been replaced by regular html code.

Good template design

index.php should be as bare-boned as you can make it because it will be re-sent every time a new page is loaded. Elements such as styling should be delivered in css files that are saved in the users cache. The tutorials here will go through the technical aspects of creating your index.php.

Why index.php ?

Index.htm has historically been the name given to the home page of a website. Thus when a user navigates to www.example.org, the webserver delivers www.example.org/index.htm. Because Joomla! is written in PHP, index.php is the automatically served file. To further complicate things, when a user navigates to the joomla website, the index.php of the root directory redirects to the index.php of the current default template.
5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
What is this on DU when I logged in? (Original Post) Miigwech May 2020 OP
The truth is out there. Just keep an eye out for black SUVs with no plates. I said too mu .... click marble falls May 2020 #1
Why does that matter to you? MineralMan May 2020 #2
Never shown on my DU look up before Miigwech May 2020 #3
But it still doesn't matter. MineralMan Jun 2020 #4
Ok, thank you, It worried me. Miigwech Jun 2020 #5

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
4. But it still doesn't matter.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:24 AM
Jun 2020

index.htm or index.php. Same screen to look at on the site.

It's just a matter of how the site was built. As long as it works, it doesn't affect any of its users.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
5. Ok, thank you, It worried me.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 04:54 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Mon Jun 1, 2020, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)

So folks don't need to make me look and feel stupid, do they?

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»What is this on DU when I...