TWTCommish — Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:46:00 +0000

Keen:

I agree with what was said before...SSI is much more efficient than inserting a JavaScript file. Also consider databasing your site in PHP or SQL...hard to learn, but will save you a lot of time in the long run...and you can probably charge a lot more in terms of web development fees if you can offer extra scripting perks as well as a solid layout...

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Keensurfer — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:12:00 +0000

Suzanne,
Thanks! Seems like a great place to learn LOTS of STUFF! I really appreciate it.
Keen

Suzanne — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:59:00 +0000

SSI is probably a better option, so you don't lose folks without JavaScript enabled (who wouldn't be able to navigate your site).

You can use SSI on Unix or NT servers, just slightly differently set up.

(wow, just all over you today, Andy!)
www.webdesignclinic.com has an article about using SSI to make navigation easier.

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AndyB — Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:24:00 +0000

One way is to create the entire navigation 'bar' as a javascript file using document write statements and then saving just the content as (for example) mynavbar.js. Save everything except the opening and closing script tags.

Then for every page that needs a navbar:

will include the external source file into each page - loaded from cache - and generate the menu.

Then when you change your menu, you need only change one file.