Posted by David Dorward on 01/10/06 20:48

johnsonholding@yahoo.com wrote:

> I have a menu system in a table

Its rare that a menu should be represented as a table. A list is usually the
right choice of markup.

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/

> as a separate HTML file.

A real HTML document? With a doctype and <title>? Extracting the content you
want is probably possible, but rather a waste of resources. It would be
easier to separate out just the fragment of markup that is relevant.

> I want to take that HTML file and insert it into another HTML files - the
> idea behind this is so I can just change the menu HTML file and it will
> change the menu for all of the HTML files, saving me the effort of
> going in and copying and pasting the menu system on all pages.

http://allmyfaqs.net/faq.pl?Include_one_file_in_another

I believe Dreamweaver also has some templating features built in. You're
more likely to find useful help on them in a Dreamweaver specific forum
though.

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