I am still using static page

While most web site seems to have dynamic page, with discussion board for user feedback and portal with news from other web site... My web site is still static, made of static page.

One day or another, I will have a permanent high speed connection at home, with firewall (a linux router project instalation) and a Apache server with PHP and mysql working together. But until then, I am still working static.

However, my set of page is having a common look and feel. I also have a hierarchical structure of page with link to related subject to the page you are reading. All the page are automaticaly updated anytime I add new content to my web site. And all of this since 1996 (or before) using the same tool.

How do I build my page

I am using HTP an HTML pre-processor originally written by Jim Nelson in 1995-96. Jim web site seems to be no longer active, but since source code was available and some peaple find this tool interesting, someone 'maintain' it.

Thanks to Robert King (robert.king@mailbox.gu.edu.au) you can still find this tool on the web. Also there is a Debian package for it.

Please give me the detail

Sorry, this is too complicate to explain, I have been developing my web site for so long that I don't even remember everything. Currently, when I create a new page, I just apply old procedure that I had documented at the time. I remember having reach many time the limitation of HTP and that I had to find very complex trick to make it work the way I wanted. More likely, if I have to do it all over again now, I will look for an other tool. But feel free to try it for yourself, it can give good result.

Many thanks to Jim and to Robert.

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