As you get serious about your web site, your time will become invaluable. A content management system is the best way to maximize your efforts.
What A Content Management System Does for You
A good CMS system will allow you to update can entire site by making a change one time in the admin that can carry over to all pages of your site. This means you can change the menu, side bar, page bottom, site design, or other sections of your site all at one time. So while some webmasters are changing every page, others can have the task completed in minutes.
Includes, Style Sheets and Content Management Systems
For the do it yourself webmaster, or a professional web designer looking to easily improve update efficiency, there is a middle ground between plain HTML pages and full-blown CMS.
Includes
By simply using an include on your sites, you can allow your entire site to be updated with one change. Includes are files that are included in a web page with one line of code. This allows all pages with that file included to be updated by changing the include file one time.
Style Sheets
Style sheets operate in much the same way as...