HTML Code in External Files

This tool lets you move HTML from a web page into external files.

Putting HTML into external files makes your main web page simpler and easier to maintain. It also lets you create one header file, which several web pages can import.

The web page server does not require any SSI software. The only requirements are
- the person viewing your web page must have JavaScript enabled in their web browser, and
- when you write the web page, your development computer must have Perl installed on it.

Move HTML code into one or more external .html files.

Run the tool's Perl script on these external .html files. Doing this creates a .js file for each of the .html files. (These .js files will have the .html content in a content and format that your web page can import.)

Display the web page. The web page will automatically
- read the .js files that you just created,
- substitute the characters back to the original content, and
- put the content into the web page's elements.