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html global nav bar, quick newb question

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I want a tabbed design for my site with a global navigation bar always at the top. Do I need to copy/paste the nav bar code into every html file or is there a better/more efficient way of doing it?

Frames would seem like the most obvious choice for something to be loaded once and 'stick' until the browser is closed, but those are deprecated, so what's the new way of doing things?
 
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Frames are terrible, so don't use them. If your site is static, then you have two choices: first, copy the code into every page as you suggested; or second, if your server supports server-side includes you can have a snippet of HTML and include it in every page. You'll need to check with your hosting provider.

Usually, however, this kind of feature is implemented on a site driven by server-side scripts, which is a whole 'nother animal.
 
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