Hi, first post!

I'm working on my site at www.HotRodKush.com. For each page, the basic template is the same, especially the main logo and navigation buttons. I'd like to have a main file somewhere that each individual page can point to, to display the information instead of having to re-type everything for each page. It would also be good so that I can make changes (such as logo change, button changes, etc.) to the main file and have every page on the website reflect that change, instead of re-coding each page individually.

I feel like it might be CSS related, but I really have no idea.

Thanks in advance,
Kush

You need to be reading up about Server Side Includes (SSI's) or php includes. You can use these to add common elements to your pages from just a few files. Typically you might have a header file that includes your logo and navigation, and a footer file for everything after the content. Edit one file to change your whole site.

I've put some thought into this as well, and to some extent you can do it in CSS (such as a background image, or font/color), but otherwise I think you need to either just use an iframe or a script language like PHP or ASP that can load in the HTML from a file.

Personally I just put the header and footer in an iframe, it displays fine and that way I can make a global change.

I agree with blue dreamer. If you are not a too technical person, then Dreamweaver is best for Templates, auto update, etc.

Execuse me LadynRed for recommending Dreamweaver.

I don't have a problem with Dreamweaver, it's a good TOOL, which *I* use, but it shouldn't be used solely in WYSIWYG mode.

Server-side includes is the way to go, iframes should be avoided.