Updating a navigation menu

I would like to know of a quick and easy way to update a
text-based
navigation menu that is on every page of a site. I thought
of creating
the menu as a server-side include, but that would not work
because some
of the files are in folders, so the links could vary
depending on which
directory of the site each page is located. I know there has
to be an
easier way than manually modifying the menu on each page. Is
there a
script of some sort that I can use?

Thanks for any suggestions.

-Rachel
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On 3/28/2007 10:48 AM, Rachel Vidrine wrote:

> I would like to know of a quick and easy way to update
a text-based
> navigation menu that is on every page of a site. I
thought of creating
> the menu as a server-side include, but that would not
work because some
> of the files are in folders, so the links could vary
depending on which
> directory of the site each page is located. I know
there has to be an
> easier way than manually modifying the menu on each
page. Is there a
> script of some sort that I can use?
> 

Write the links in the include relative to the top of the
site:

  <ul>
  <li><a href="/catalog/">Our
catalog</a></li>
  <li><a href="/catalog/tips">Catalog
search tips</a></li>
  <li><a
href="/e-resources/journals/alpha.html">Our
    e-journals, by title</a></li>
  <li><a
href="/e-resources/journals/subject.html">Our
    e-journals, by subject</a></li>...



-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowlingohiolink.edu
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