How to include one html file into another html

[Sree Reddy]

Hi,
I am developing a site. It contains pure HTML pages. I have got a top navigation bar, which will repeat in all HTML pages.
Is there any way, i can have common top html and include it in all pages.
We cann't use frames in out site design. Javascript should be avoided as far as possible.

Thanks,
Sree

[Bear Bibeault]

There is nothing in pure HTML that allows for file inclusion. Depending upon your web server, there are a number of server-side mechanisms that can perform this function.
The most common is SSI (server-side includes) in apache.
What web server are you running?
hth,
bear

[Sree Reddy]

Thank you very much.
We are using IIS.

[Randall Twede]

it is easy to do on the server side using SSI or JSP or whatever. cant do it in HTML like the others said. as far as i know. why cant you use frames? ive used frames so effectively that the user didnt even know.
[ May 29, 2003: Message edited by: Randall Twede ]

[Randall Twede]

actually, i just found out that the HTML object tag can be used for this purpose, although my text says that currenty Opera is the only browser that this works in.