Navigation Menus and other Extras

[Matt]

On the new design for my site, I want to save the navigation bar and the extras bar to two seperate files and link to them from the page, so when I change something on one of the two bars, I can simply edit it inside the single file and have it reproduced across the site. I DON'T want to use frames, so is there anything else I can do?

[scott100]

You could use server side includes, see php page http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.aspIt can also be done with javascript, see section on using the external script: http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_whereto.aspThe ssi is probably the best way, if you can use php.

[Matt]

You could use server side includes, see php page http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.aspIt can also be done with javascript, see section on using the external script: http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_whereto.aspThe ssi is probably the best way, if you can use php.

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I saved the HTML seperately as a .js file, then put the code on the main page where I wanted it to go (<script type="text/javascript" src="leftbar.js"></script>) but it still isn't coming up, and no, I don't know how to use PHP.Is there anything else I can do?

[scott100]

Let me see the contents of your leftbar.js file.Remeber an external javascript must contain only javascript and to write html to a page you should use:document.write("<p>put menu here</p>");document.write("<p>put menu here</p>");and also you dont need to use <script> tag in the external js.