Easier Menu Creating?

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When I've made a site menu, I've used the Buttonise option on all the menu tabs, on the first page, then repeated that page - adjusting the links and mouseovers on each button and on each page to achieve this http://www.matrixlloyd.com.

This is quick and easy for a handful of pages, but what about if I want dozens of pages, and I want to adjust the menu once without having to repeat this on each and every page, each time.

What's the best VSD-friendly software to achieve this?

Thanks.

Benjamin
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Hi Benjaminpalma,
There's few thing you can do to have dynamic menus. You could use an iframe in the area the menu goes linking to a css menu. You could use some php includes on your page if your host setup allows php to be parse html code on html pages.
You could also use java script includes lined to the same content.
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Thanks very much for that. I didn't know they were called dynamic menus - but it makes perfect sense.

I only what an iFrame is (just!) as they don't work on iPads.

No idea about php or java script :(

I was thinking there'd be an idiot-proof method of doing this!...

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Take a look at this.:)
http://progrower.coffeecup.com/include.html
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
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Thanks, Eric. I *think* I understand!!

With this knowledge , will I be able to include a menu like the ones featured here ...? http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicinde … /index.htm
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Your Welcome. Have fun with your new discovery.;)
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com

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