BLOG DESIGN SOLUTIONS Headers, footers, and other reusable elements In the previous section, you created an include file called functions.php that can be reused in any page of your blog. It is useful to put all repeated parts of your code into includes so they can be easily updated if site-wide changes are required further down the line. The header, footer, and search form used in the index.php page will be reused throughout the site, so create the following include files. First, save this header code as header.php:

And replace this code in index.php with . Now do the same with the footer by creating footer.php from this code:

And create searchform.php from this code:

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After you replace the footer and search code in your index.php file, you should end up with this complete source listing:

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