Import HTML without using PHP?

Question

Is there a way to import a block of HTML into a file without the use of something like PHP or Javascript? For my personal website, any time I make a small change to the content of my navbar, I have to go to all of my other pages and make that same change.

Answer 1

No feature like the one you described is in the HTML spec, but if you don't have access to server configurations and the like, you can write your code in a language like HAML and compile it, which would accomplish what you described without any server-side work.

Answer 2

Do an internet search for "Server Side Includes for HTML"

Here's a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes

Example:

<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->