[8cats]

I am using the AOL server to host my personal Website. I would like to be able to have one menu shared by all my pages. In other words, if I need to update the menu, I don't want to have to go to every page to do it.

I read about using SSI, but AOL cannot support this. At a company I once worked for, I helped maintain the company Website using .asp pages instead of html pages which allowed a link to a common menu. I don't know if AOL can support asp.

I do low level programming, so I love a challenge with various scripts.

What scripts or programs can I use to accomplish this on the AOL server?

Any help is appreciated!

[skyhawk133]

I doubt they support PHP or ASP if they don't support SSI... so I guess you could always include an external javacsript file and actually have it use the write function to echo HTML to the page...

Someone else jump in if you have a better idea.

[supersloth]

frames maybe? thats the best i got, i dont think aol supports much of anything server-side. dunno though, never had them personally.

[8cats]

I forgot to mention that I wanted to avoid frames, but it looks like it might be the only way.

[skyhawk133]

The javascript would work, it would just be clunky... you could just do a bunch of document.write() statements and throw your HTML in them... then include the .js file. Since javascript is 100% clientside, you wouldn't rely on AOL, but you might exlucde some users from seeing your site due to browser limitations.

[sontek]

Use TCL

[8cats]

Thanks, but your a little late. I just looked up TCL, and it looks interesting, but I'm not sure if AOL supports it. I used the .js file and it works GREAT! It was easy to do and now I don't have to update each page's menu every time I add something. I only have one file to update. Initially I had to revise every page to link to the .js file, but my site is small, so it wasn't a lot of work. Now it's so much better!

Thanks anyway.