External file loading question

Periodically, the question arises about how to insert text from an external
source into a file. Typically this is common text has to be repeated
throughout a site (such as a menu I suppose. . .).

Typically, the answer is HTML pre-processor (which sounds like a fancy name
for a search-and-replace to me -- I'm guessing this is done before the files
are uploaded) or using some sort of server-side scripting.

Why not an I-frame? What is the big disadvantage of an i-frame compared to
the above techniques?

M

Re: External file loading question

M wrote:
> Periodically, the question arises about how to insert text from an external
> source into a file. Typically this is common text has to be repeated
> throughout a site (such as a menu I suppose. . .).
>
> Typically, the answer is HTML pre-processor (which sounds like a fancy name
> for a search-and-replace to me -- I'm guessing this is done before the files
> are uploaded) or using some sort of server-side scripting.
>
> Why not an I-frame? What is the big disadvantage of an i-frame compared to
> the above techniques?
>
> M
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?query=iframes%20evil&num=50

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