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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote]And so, i think the to ssi or not to ssi aspect is secondary right now.[/quote] So the central issue is getting this layout to work without frames? It must be remembered that iframes are still frames...so ditching frames and using an iframe doesn't accomplish anything. Now, let's make sure I am understanding the predicament... 1) you need a top menu 2) when an item on that menu is clicked, will load a page which will also have a sub-menu 3) It needs to not use frames. 4) It needs to not use server side scripting or javascript. 5) it needs to be updated easily? Or this is a wish and not a requirement? Ok, there are pretty much 3 ways of acheiving a setup like this 1) Each page has whichever menu or set of menus that is needed hardcoded into it. - This is bad because changing a menu means changing potentially hundreds of files. - This is good if a nuclear attack wipes out all web servers with PHP, SSI, or any other server side language functionality. 2) You use frames. - This is bad becuase it causes many issues with indexing, bookmarking, and the like. It also depends on the integrity of the frameset, which can be comprimised by the user. And, well, it's just bad. - The good side is that it allows you to update one file for each menu. 3) You use javascript to write the navigation menus - This is bad because of user agent dependencies, and it is a bit akward - This is good because it allows easy updating (change one file, all files include the updated file) 4) You use a server side include system to include the appropriate files wherever they are needed. - This is good because it is endlessly flexible, has no user agent dependencies, and allows you great control and ease of updating. The only limit to what can be done with this type of setup is your knowledge of the language (and with SSI or PHP, you can pick up enough awful quick to get you going easily). - This is only bad if you are told you can't do it. FWIW... [url=http://in-dented.com/sigs.html][img]http://www.in-dented.com/sigs/knot_sig_32.gif[/img][/url] [small](Edited by [internallink=163]DL-44[/internallink] on 06-01-2005 02:44)[/small] Loading...
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