Title: Using includes for static pages Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Using includes for static pages * [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/) * (@doodlebee) * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-includes-for-static-pages/) * Note: no capital “P”. I have a contact form I created that sits in the root and is a hard-coded link into the WP navigation. I used the wp-blog-header.php include in the form to include the header, sidebar and footer of the regular WP site. * My question is this: I’m also using a dynamic sidebar – it relies on a conditional statement to change the background color of the nav links – so when someone is on a certain page (like “About”) then that one link is “lit up” so the end user knows what page they are on. * However, it looks like the WP conditionals don’t work for the contact page – most likely because it’s not within the WP area – it’s just calling in the goodies so it’s formatted the same. I can get the “Contact” link to light up – but when I do it *all* single page posts show up with the “Contact” link changed. * Since the “Contact” page sits outside of the WP installation, is there a way I can use the conditional statements to make it recognize the contact page, and highlight the link accordingly? Really, all I need is to somehow edit the body tag (which I can do – no problem) to reflect the page it’s on (which I’m having a problem with. * So, for example – what is *quasi* working is this: * “> * So, if it’s on a single page, it’ll look for the ID# of the page/post in question, and add it to the word “single” – making it look like `. Since the Contact form doesn’t have an ID#, it’ll just show up as “single”, and I can edit it accordingly. * The problem is, “the_ID()” isn’t working – not for *any* page or post. Is this because it’s outside of the Loop? I can make the_title work (and all kinds of other things) but the_ID() refuses to work. Using the_title() ends up making the ID weird, because if there’s spaces in the title, then shey show up in the ID. I guess it doesn’t matter – but in the future, it could. * I there a better way to do this? Can WP assign classes and such to pages *outside* of WP? The topic ‘Using includes for static pages’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 0 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/) * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-includes-for-static-pages/) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics