moving from frames & iframes to css divs and span - navigation help!

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in the past when ive dabbled with making a website ive used mainly frames, made the navigation easier as the link simply targeted the "main" section of the page.

however since frames are now out of fashion im trying to learn css and the div and span method. ive got a basic layout for my site but am unsure as how i can make the navigation part of the design work.

is it possible to have a link target the "main" div so that content is loaded from another page?
 
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i could do that yes and probably will in the meantime untill i figure out an alternative method (or fail!)

having the nav seperate from the content means creating, removing links easier no need to change the code on every single page, that and the fact its the way ive been used, comming from frames
 
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Have the navigation link generate dynamically however you see fit, but thats making things complicated for little gain, how often would you change main/trunk navigation links? Why don't you plan your website first decide what you will need and just use them?
 
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Or create the navigation part as one complete image sliced up and define it in a CSS file. Then you just have to change the CSS file.
 
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if you've got php, you can use includes. eg

menu.php
Code:
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li><a href="/blah.php">blah</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

now just include that file in every page like this....

Code:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<?php include 'menu.php'; ?>
<div id="content">
blah blah
</div>
</body>
</html>

you only need to edit the one file to update the menu in every page. :)
 
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