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Posted by Michael Fesser on 11/22/06 01:37
..oO(dorayme)
>Every time includes are discussed, someone says how you don't
>have to edit lots and lots of files on your own machine. For
>starters. But this paints a completely false picture of any
>intelligent approach to altering even huge numbers of files
>considering there really is only one action you need to take,
>that is: use any decent text editor's Find and Replace to change
>all the files in any given directory or folder.
That's an error-prone way and completely unnecessary work.
>As for uploading the changed files to a remote server, yes, this
>is definitely more time consuming, especially for dialup (I was
>on it for years and damn hell, I wish I had looked into
>includes!) But on broadband, it is hardly a significant time
>thing - especially if you have your file structure well managed
>so you can grab all the html...
Even on broadband it makes a difference if you have to upload just one
file or two hundred.
>In your time savings you need to factor in all the fiddling about
>to get includes going
A one-liner.
>issues to do with file names, server set
>ups and prior bookmarks. The experienced will find these things a
>breeze, for sure. But not everyone!
These things are set up _once_, then you simply use them.
>As for energy savings, elegance, avoiding a "stupidish" approach,
>this is different altogether. These things are real! But I doubt
>there can be any time savings for the web developer to speak of
>with most sites.
Another question: What do you prefer - embedded or external stylesheets?
Micha
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