I used to do this all the time by hand without using any CPAN modules. Here is my method:

  1. I named my html templates with a .htmlt extension, so I'd know they were templates.
  2. My variable placeholders in the template files were designated as allcap names of their matching perl variable name. Example, if I had $title in my .cgi, then I'd have a $TITLE in my .htmlt.
  3. In my .cgi, I'd have the following: 
        open(TEMPLATE, "mypage.htmlt") or die "can't open mypage.htmlt: $!
+";
        local($/) = undef;
        my $template = <TEMPLATE>;
    close(TEMPLATE);
    $template =~ s/\$TITLE/$title/g;
    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    print $template;

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That's about all it took. No modules, no special installs or permissions with the ISP.

In reply to RE: Design vs. Code vs. Maintenance by cei
in thread Design vs. Code vs. Maintenance by BBQ

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