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Hi.
I am currently developing a website. I have a side navigation menu that is on every page which I frequently edit. Is there anyway to put the navigation menu code into an external file and edit it there, instead of editing each page.

Thanks in advance.

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Yes, this is called an include. Includes can be either client side (JavaScript) or server side (php, asp, jsp, coldfusion...) Basically, what happens is that you save one file for your navigation bar and then include it in each page that needs the bar. Now, if you want to change a link, you only do it once instead of every page on the site. To use an include with php, save the include code as navbar.php and simply say:

<?php
include ('navbar.php');
?>
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