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As sites become larger and larger, site management becomes a larger worry. How do I keep a 2000-page site updated? How do I keep navigation elements consistent? How do I manage to change the nav on a 2000-page site without losing all my hair? There are a few methods in Dreamweaver that accomplish this. Templates Library Items Server Side Includes (SSIs) Templates and Library Items can be used with any type of server, and SSIs can as well, provided your host has enabled the ability. In order to use SSIs, your page must have an extension that will be processed by the server, .html usually won't do the trick. If you're on a Unix box, it will need to be .shtml, or if you're using some other server language (regardless of server type), it would need to be .php, .cfm, .jsp, .asp, or .aspx, or any other server language you may be using. The syntax for calling the SSI will ... (more)