If I have a section of HTML that is the same in all my files, is there a way to put it in a file by itself and include it into each page?
Carl,
Here are two ways (I'll be interested to learn about others):
1) Use a server-side scripting language such as ASP, Perl, or PHP to include component files into one downloaded page. ASP can do this either with the #INCLUDE directive or through file I/O using the FileSystemObject object, and I'm sure the other server-side scripting languages have comparable methods.
2) Use a JavaScript inclusion directive in your HTML headers, e.g.:
<script type="text/javascript" src="navmenu.js"></script>
...in which navmenu.js contains something like this:
var navMenu = '<ul>
<li><a href="aardvark.html">Aardvark</a></li>
<li><a href="bananafish.html">Bananafish</a></li>
</ul>'...and then write the value of navMenu into your document structure.
Paul
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