Build HTML Template
(Aug 28, 2006)

To build an HTML template which will provide us consistent layout among pages and easy maintainance tasks, we can use Macromedia (now Adobe) Dreamweaver MX and beyond. The following webpage give a detailed hint for that:
http://dreamweavermx-templates.com/tutorials/tutnewtemplate.cfm

It is important to note that this method sticks to Dreamweaver. Namely, the feature is tool specific. Dreamweaver controls updates to instance files as needed by updating texts in these instance files.

Using `include directive' is another method for maintainace feature. However, this feature is on server side and is called Server-Side Include (SSI). This method does not tie to a tool, but server's feature instead (this feature is quite universal though).