Hi there, I have been asked to redesign the naviagtion for a site, that currently has not real flow, or consistency to the navigation.

Having made my own version of the increasingly popular dhtml drop down menu system, I have been asked to include it on every page using a SSI, something along the lines of 
<html>
<head title="Existing page on site, so can I keep all my existing tags
+ please>
<!-- #include virtual = "/header.inc" -->
</head>

<body>
<!-- #include virtual = "/nav.inc" -->
Existing html
</body>
</html>

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This works like a charm, but the problem comes when trying to apply this same simplicity to perl generated html pages. At first I was surprised that when including the above code within an html here doc, it did not work.

A few seconds later, after actually thinking about it I realised that it made sense for it probably not to work.
What I really want to know is if there is an easy work around, or what the best / simplest way to do this might be.
Fortunately there are only four or five scripts to edit.

Any comments / suggestions much appreciated.
Regards,

Gerard

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