This website is essentially for a contest.  I'm working with a couple
of friends on a historical competition.  The genius historians that
run the competetion's website division think they're next-gen by
requiring you to put an HTML site on a CD.  So, no.  :-D

On Mar 24, 3:57 pm, Hamish Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > However, taking this approach
> > would have multiple headers and
> > footers.  How should I go about this?
>
> If you're using plain HTML then yes, you'll need to duplicate the
> header/footer data in the "fall back" pages.
>
> Do you have a database and/or server-side scripting language at your
> disposal?
>
> On Mar 25, 7:15 am, zwaldowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I currently use the jQuery tabs plugin for displaying a static website
> > I am working on.  Since it's small, I initially just put the four
> > pages together on one page and let the tabs plugin do its work as
> > scheduled.  Now, it's getting bigger and loading more and more,
> > therefore making the whole experience slower to load.  I already know
> > that the tabs plugin can load external pages via AJAX, which just
> > loads the pages from regular anchor links within the tabs.
>
> > So, here's my problem.  To have the pages external, I would pretty
> > much just cut-and-paste the contents of that tab into a new HTML file
> > and have it load externally.  But how should I have it degrade?
> > Having JS disabled is a distinct possibility with this website
> > (running off a CD + MSIE), so I should ideally have the pages link to
> > each other with identical headers/footers as the website originally
> > was.  However, taking this approach would have multiple headers and
> > footers.  How should I go about this?
>
> > For a more visual approach, check out the following:
>
> > Old Site:
> > |__ index.html
> > |__ page1.html
> > |__ page2.html
> > |__ page3.html
> > |__ page4.html
>
> > All five pages have duplicated headers and footers, save for the tab
> > bar which has static "selected" classes.  They link to each of the
> > other four pages.
>
> > New Site:  (Bulgy, slow)
> > |__ index.html
> > -|------ Header
> > -|------ Tabs
> > -|------ Contents of home
> > -|------ Contents of page 1 (hidden by JS on default)
> > -|------ Contents of page 2 (hidden by JS on default)
> > -|------ Contents of page 3 (hidden by JS on default)
> > -|------ Contents of page 4 (hidden by JS on default)
> > -|------ Footer
>
> > New ideas:  (Fast, speedy, and good-looking)
> > |__ index.html
> > -|------ Header
> > -|------ Tabs, links to pages
> > -|------ Contents of home
> > -|------ DIV container, loads others
> >  |__ page1.html
> >  |__ page2.html
> >  |__ page3.html
> >  |__ page4.html
> > -|------ Footer

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