Server-Side Includes

Server-side includes (SSIs) are an excellent approach to achieving reusability of document fragments such as standard headers, footers, and navigation bars throughout your application. Pages that incorporate frames as a way of achieving similar goals are problematic for making your Web site search engine-friendly. SSIs componentize your pages without inadvertently confusing search engines.

A simplified version of the ShowFloor file footer.ssi would appear something like the following:

 <— begin ShowFloorFooter.ssi —> <table summary="ShowFloor Table" border="0" width="100%" > <tr> <td> <a href="http://www.otterproductions.com/index.html <img alt="Otter Productions" src="../media/otter.gif" border="0"> </td> </tr> </table> ...

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