More Web Page Diet Plans
Removing other bits of code to slim your pages down and make them easier to maintain and help them perform better in the search engines can be achieved by using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and SSI (Server Side Includes).
CSS code can be placed onto an external file exactly like JavaScript can. SSI can allow you to take standard elements of your web page (eg. logo, footer or navigation) and place that code onto an external file.
So you can then update your navigation by simply modifying one file, instead of going into every page and doing it.
To find out about CSS here are some sites to start you off gently:
. http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/beyond/css.html
. http://www.websitetips.com/css/index.shtml
. http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
For help with SSI try:
. http://www.websitetips.com/ssi/index.html
. http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/server_side_includes.asp
If you use PHP or ASP pages, then here's how to include includes;
. http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/getting_started/includes2.htm
. http://www.hardcoder.com/scripting/php/include_files.php
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