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cking,

No you cannot do that with css, however your can do it with a php include file statement.
I would post the code here but I'm afraid I would get baned for posting php code (it's happened before)

So here is one and another that shows you the basic idea of the include statement.
If you need further help, it will have to be through email but I'm willing to give you a hand with it.

cking,

Yes you can do it with java but once again I cannot post it here.

But if you click this you can get the basic idea on how to do it.
That should get you going, if not let me know and we will work it out.

Remember don't post any java or php here you will get banned.
Even if you put it in a code tag you will still get banned!
It's happened to me more than once

Thanks Gecko that did what I was aiming for minus a couple things that I need to work out

You should try to use Tables instead of CSS.

CSS is the standard when you are tring to make fonts, links, headers and other tag elements as well as some positionings to look a certain way though out your site. The use of tables complicates things instead of making them easier for example if you want to change the font color on your h1 tags to blue in css you are able to add a line in the css file and all pages that are set up to look at that file and have a h1 tag will show as blue. With tables you would have to go through and change every h1 tag to blue on each page which is what I'm attempting to avoid doing.

Furthermore I found a solution to my problem DreamWeaver has what is know as a Library you just need to add the coding to the Library and then point it to each page you want it to show on. Works great for static links that don't change. If you want to change something just change the Library and save the changes.

cking,

Dreamweaver Library files are not really designed to be used that way but it does work.
Be careful when working on multiple site at a time and the changes made to the Library files!

What I do in Dreamwaever is make a .dwt "Template" file that is then linked to all the pages with that template layout.
You have to add at least one "Editable Region" in the body section, that will become the changing information area on each page that uses that template.
Now I just create my pages and then apply the template to them, and then edit as needed.
If there are changes to be made to the menu let's say then all you have to edit is the template file, save it and apply the changes to all the pages, done.


As for table over CSS, no way, we still do a few sites in tables but only when a client wants a set look and feel across all browsers but we still use CSS for them as well, as you pointed out, it just easier.