"Why not just dynamically generate all the common elements of your site on the fly?"

I wasn't going to ask that. I was going to ask, why not use the same tools you use for dynamic for static? Nothing about HTML::Template says it has to be used on the fly. I built a 300-page website with it earlier this year. My boss didn't like a particular item, I said "gimme a sec", edited something, typed "perl rebuild.pl" and three seconds later it was fixed on all 300 pages.