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What i would like to do is make my website layout static. So that the same code is used on every content page. Is there a method other than SSI that i should go about to yield the best results?

The reasons i want to do this are multi-faceted.
a) it would allow the members of my staff to edit content without worrying about damaging the layout.
b) It would allow me to add and remove pages of content without having to change the code on every content page to reflect the navigation link change.

Any help would be much appreciated. I'd be willing to try other coding suggestions as well. (PHP, Perl...)

If you use Dreamweaver, it would be relatively easy to turn your layout into a Dreamweaver template. Then you make only those areas that your staff would add to as the only editable areas on the DW template.

Your other alternative is to use a content management system.

php include tags work well. <?php include("path/file.inc"); ?>

CSS generated design would allow you to keep the same style on every page.
You could edit specific .inc files depending on what your php include tags directories are named.

You could have a news.inc section on every page and only edit one file to change the news section on all. The only limits are your imagination.


For instance.

<div id="your box">
<?php include("path/to/news.inc"); ?>
</div>

All of your content from news.inc would stay inside your divide tag.

Hope this helps?


One other thing, I find this very useful in navigation. When you include your navigation. Any time you add a page, all you need to do is edit the navigation include file to change the links on all of your pages.

Very useful if your site grows.