# ... my @valid_page = qw(order cart shelf intro register); my %collected_data = (foo => 1, bar => 2, ); my $requested_page = $cgi->param('page'); my ($actual_page) = grep $requested_page eq $_, @valid_page; print("Content-type: text/plain\n\nNo valid page requested."), exit unless $actual_page; my $container = HTML::Template->new_file('container.tmpl'); my $template = HTML::Template->new_file($actual_page . '.tmpl'); $template->param(%collected_data); # fill in actual page $container->param( %collected_data, CONTENT => $template->output, # insert into container ); print "Content-type: text/html\n\n", $container->output; # we're done