displaying the contents of an html file in a table

[confuted]

I use a table to help the layout of my website, and in one of the columns, I have links to the various parts of the website. This is on every page. When I add a new portion, I currently have to update the links on every page. Is there a way to just store all the links in a seperate html file and then display that file in the column, and then display the rest of the original file?

http://confuted.webhop.org/ if what I just said wasn't clear

[ygfperson]

You could use a php or cgi script to read your link information from one file, and display it on whatever page the user's put up. The http://contests.cprogramming.com web page does that with its links. (Not everywhere on the cprogramming.com site, though.)

Or, you could put that into a seperate frame.

[Hammer]

Use server side includes. You just need to know what web server you're running under, then look in the documentation for SSIs

[Shadow]

I think frames might be your best bet.

Here is a small example

Index.html

<center><img href="PrettyGraphic.ext"><br><br>

<a href="front.htm">Enter</a>

LEFT WINDOW(left.htm)

<font size=4><u>Navigation</u></font><br><br>

LINKS<br>
<a href="games.htm" target="main">Games</a><br>

MAIN WINDOW(main.htm)

<center>Startup Page

PAGE TO DISPLAY BOTH(front.htm)

<frameset cols="15%,*" frameborder="0" framespacing="0" border="0">
<frame name="left" src="left.htm" marginwidth="3" marginheight="10" scrolling="no">
<frame name="main" src="main.htm" marginwidth="5" marginheight="10">
</frameset>

The right frame, is for content, and the left frame is for links. Create a new page, and put some babbling in it. Put the filename inside of a link, in left htm. Make sure to point this link, that is opening the new file, towards the main window, like so:

<a href="games.htm" target="main">Games</a>