xhtml site template question

How can i update the menu nav on all pages of an xhtml site when i update the nav on the index?

Is it using editable regions? Or is there another way?

thanks

fuzz

 

You can use a PHP include whereby where the menu would usually go you would have:
<?php include("menu.php"); ?>
Then you would have a file called menu.php where the menu would lie. Then when you update the menu it would update on all pages inside the site. However this requires you to save your page as a .php rather than .html.

 

If you don't use PHP, there is a way to do this with all backend languages: ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, Java, etc... However, if you really don't want to use and backend and want to keep your .html extension, then you can use a server-side include run through Apache(if that's your server type). Try Googling it if you are interested, since it's a little complicated to explain.

 

Are there any disadvantages to having a "php" extension rather than a "HTML" extension?

 

Are you asking me or the OP? Me, I can't really see any disadvantage or advantage, but it's not my site

 

No, there is no disadvantage (when having Apache treat .html files as PHP scripts).

Anyway, the OP needs to read my post, PHP & Server-Side Includes.