My mail box is over-flown with junk mails.

My only option is to edit all my web pages offline and then upload each one of them again, not to mention countless errors I make in process.

100+ pages is still a small website. Imagine what it will be like if my website had 1000+ pages?

Sounds scary right?

If you would like to avoid kind of mess I'm in right now, you have one option. Start using "Server Side Includes (SSI)"

In technical jargon, Server Side Includes are directives which you can place into your HTML documents to execute other programs or output such data as environment variables and file statistics.

If your only intention is to manage your website more effectively and painlessly, it is more than enough if you learn one "Directive" of SSI - "Include" directive.

In simple terms, SSI Include is a line of code which you can use in your HTML documents to include contents from other documents. In other words, change just one file (the Include file), and your ENTIRE SITE is instantly updated!

The basic syntax of an Include directive is:

Where PATH_TO is "VIRTUAL" path to include file on your server.

Here's how to include your copyright info and navigation links using SSI Includes...

First, you need to check with your server administrator whether your server supports SSI or not. Most servers support them.

This method is so simple, and so effective, that I don't know why it isn't plastered all over web ... but it isn't, it's still a "secret".

I use Adobe PhotoShop, but technique will work with any graphics creation or editing program with an eyedropper tool and ability to open an image file.

1. Find any image -- anywhere, I use web frequently -- in which you find colors visually appealing. Don't worry about copyright because you will not be copying any part of image. It doesn't matter why you find colors appealing, just that you do. To determine whether it is colors or some other aspect of image that you find attractive, squint your eyes until image blurs. If colors alone are still appealing, use that image.

2. Save image, then open it in your image editing application. I'll call this your "source" image. Open a new document in same work area. This is your "palette" image.