URLS like: index.php?page=page1 ???

Ah! But there is another method (the one that I like the best.) Use Ajax to take the 'page1' from either a .txt or .html file and dump it in the index.html (or index.php) page. That way, you can use the menu inside index.html to load additional pages and whatever page you want can be called from anyother page, displaying the content inside index.html. index.html can have a default content as well. There was a previous post where this was all worked out. I use it occasionally on several websites where 'non-coders' can change their content often without messing the website up, and where email content can be displayed on a page, directory listings, image galleries, etc.

Ugh, no. The PHP response was a far better idea. It neither messes up browser functionality nor requires Javascript to view the page.

Also, if using AJAX, one would presumably be dumping XML to the page, not HTML. This could result in some odd goings-on.

Ok, whatever suits your particular needs.

Ajax is simpler and doesn't require server mods, all the folders, easier to test, change and faster to implement, format to page, etc. And I got the basic routines from DynamicDrive scripts. BTW, both .html and .txt files work perfectly because the server dishes them up as html.

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.txt files work perfectly because the server dishes them up as html.

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Then that server is misconfigured (or at least, configured in an unconventional way), and this shouldn't be expected to be the case on all servers. Plain-text files (which is what the extension .txt usually signifies) should be served as text/plain, and they shouldn't be parsable by an XML parser whether text/plain or text/html.

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AJAX is far from simple (in terms of the amount of code required to achieve the same effect). Relying on a server-side technology is considered greatly preferable to relying on a client-side one, since the server can be guaranteed to have the technology installed, whereas what the client supports will vary from client to client (and occasionally, even request to request).

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In this case, it would be much more difficult: assuming no server-side technologies, one would have to use Javascript to render the XML into HTML which can be dumped to the page.

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I got the basic routines from DynamicDrive scripts.

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There are (as far as I know) no AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) scripts on DynamicDrive except the RSS feeds, which rely upon a server-side technology.

Basic AJAX routine:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...jaxroutine.htm

Oh, there is one :) I didn't see that.

okay you can use ajax but just a warning... if you want to use the one I posted previously then you need to save it as a .php file, make sure its php and not .htm or .html or anyhting else.