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Hey thanks! I have the switch statement working! gonna try to iron out a couple things.In the files I'm using to fill the content area, i.e. about.php. Can you insert HTML in this file? For example, if I'd like for it to read from a CSS file so not every page looks so similar?

Does the switch statement go in the index.html/index.php file? I'll be trying a bunch of things tonight to try and get it to work.

I'm not sure if I'm not understanding the concept here... but I can't seem get connect the link (1st set of code) to link with the Switch (2nd set of code).i.e. my menu has "<li id="about"><a href="#">About Us</a></li>"When I click the about button, I want it to update in the div "middleColumn"I'm confused as to what I need to replace "#" with in the navigation menu to get something (I assume some variable" in the middleColumn to run.What am I not seeing here? Sorry, I'm a bit frustrated... finally got some of my php scripts to work yesterday by just changing my index.html to index.php - which was like 3 hours after messing around with this file that file, re-reading tutorials, going step-by-step, many cigarettes, etc...Thanks for all your help. This is definitely a learning process... I would pull my hair out if I didn't shave it all of the other day.

Thank your for you input! I have yet to decide on what I'm using yet. I've been just reading alot of tutorials... I should probably just do it instead of trying to get a good idea of the topic at hand... just my personality I guess. Question: By "does not require server side scripting," I assume that I do not need certain software loaded on the server? Are there any benefits to this opposed to having for example, PHP loaded on the server running php? I've done as much research as I could to try and cut down as much bandwidth I can.

aquatsr,for the first example of the PHP you gave me, does that require MySQL? Thanks for the recommendation on free sites. Looks like the site I'm using has PHP available...

I've been reading quite abit about php over the past couple hours...Unless there are test websites, it looks like I need to run a webserver and install the php software on my local machine to test if the php thing you mentioned is working?

Thank You for your logic and knowledge on the subject. I've never been fond of understanding theory and whatnot, but you are definitely making perfect sense. CSS is for form/style.Whenever you get a chance... could you shed some light on what you think is the fastest, efficient way? You used php, and I imagine there are other ways to do it, but what are the heavier ones and which are the lighter ones.I am making an attempt to trim weight where I can on this site to preserve as much bandwidth as possible. Unfortunately some aesthetics have been sacrificed, but that's alright.g'nite to you mate.

I am a php noob... so I'll have to do some reading if I decide to go this route. Makes perfect sense though. Thank you very much for the response.I guess there is no pure CSS version?

I currently have a page with 3 columns. The left & right columns will contain data that may or may not change often.The center column is the content area.In the type of frame simulation I am trying to create, I want all menus or column links to open up in the context area (center column).I know I can copy the same thing for each page and have different content sections to reflect what has been clicked on the page. However, if data on the side columns are changing, that would require me to change all the pages...I would like it so I would only have to change the side column data in just 1 sheet and have the changes auto update themselves.Am I misunderstanding something here?How is this supposed to be done correctly?1 more question. I will be converting my floating layout to min/max layout with negative margins. Any advice as to which I should go with? The side columns will retain their size while the center column will grow with the size of the window.