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RE: Frame Avoidance

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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Apr 9, 2003 11:41AM

If you are using Dreamweaver, use Library objects.

If your webserver is Apache, use server-side includes. This means that you
must name your webpages with the extension .shtml. Includes use the format
of:

<!--#include virtual="/path/navbar.inc" -->

It is recommended that you use the full path (from the root of the website).

If you are using a IIS server, you can use server-side includes too - the
format is identical but you have to name the files with the extension .asp
so that the server knows to read the file and process the includes.

Hope this helps,

Jules

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Harshbarger [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:21 PM
To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Frame Avoidance



Hi,

We have a web site for our team that we are doing maintenance on. We don't
use frames and prefer to avoid them because of accessibility and usability
issues.

On every page, we have a set of navigational links that always appear. Once
in a while, we make changes to those links. However, the way the site was
originally designed, this requires making alterations to every page on the
site. That is definitely a maintenance nightmare.

Is there some method, which is accessible, that would allow us to store the
information in a single place but also show up on every web page? Any
information and details would be very helpful.

Thanks,
Tim


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