I am pretty new to web site development. I used FrontPage for my first site. I threw the site together before I knew what shared borders were. I had over 100 pages and everytime I wanted to add or subtract anything from the menu(that is on all pages), I had to physically do it with my FP editor. I later found out that shared borders in FP would have made it easy to just make the change to that area and it would be reflected on all pages.
In the meantime, I created another site using asp.net coding. I used a tool called WebMatrix to do so. It's free and I am guessing not as easy to use as some other tools that may be available. But it got the job done.
I went back to the first site and wanted to redo it. Because I was now familiar with the WebMatrix, I did the first site using it. I have a feeling it was not the best way to do it. The site has no calls to a database and just displays static files. But like I say, I was comfortable with it and I also didn't know how to do the shared border type thing using html. With asp.net, you just use control pages for menus, etc.
My question is how does one do a "shared border" using html? I would now like to delve into designing sites and would very much like to use html only for sites that require only static pages. In fact, I have books on both html and xhtml. Any pointers for my dumb butt with this appreciated. Is xhtml the way to go? I do have a decent understanding of a good portion of it.
Thanks very much.
In the meantime, I created another site using asp.net coding. I used a tool called WebMatrix to do so. It's free and I am guessing not as easy to use as some other tools that may be available. But it got the job done.
I went back to the first site and wanted to redo it. Because I was now familiar with the WebMatrix, I did the first site using it. I have a feeling it was not the best way to do it. The site has no calls to a database and just displays static files. But like I say, I was comfortable with it and I also didn't know how to do the shared border type thing using html. With asp.net, you just use control pages for menus, etc.
My question is how does one do a "shared border" using html? I would now like to delve into designing sites and would very much like to use html only for sites that require only static pages. In fact, I have books on both html and xhtml. Any pointers for my dumb butt with this appreciated. Is xhtml the way to go? I do have a decent understanding of a good portion of it.
Thanks very much.
