Posted by Bart Vandewoestyne on 01/17/07 21:04

The webspace I have access to from my ISP only allows me to use static
(X)HTML pages, so I'm trying to stick with static (X)HTML content for
my personal webpage.

There are however certain things that i need in each .html file, such as
the navigation, header, footer,... and therefore I'm looking for a good,
clean and maintainable way to create my .html files with navigation,
header, footer,... without the need to copy them to each .html file.

After some googling, I've found out that probably the best solution for me
is to use a HTML preprocessor, see for examle
http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/all.html#15
A list of HTML preprocessors can be found at
http://www.htmlhelp.com/links/preprocessors.html

Now before I begin to look at these one by one, i would like to know
if there are people who can recommend me a certain HTML preprocessor from
that list. I don't need very complicated things, the most important is
that I can include my navigation, header and footer stuff into each page
and that the system allows easy modifications to the content of my static
(X)HTML website. Some playing with variables would also be nice.

I am only looking for Opebn Source Software that works on Linux or Windows,
so i won't consider freeware or closed source stuff.

Are there any recommended and easy to use HTML preprocessors?

Thanks,
Bart

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