My Great New Idea

Last night I had a great idea that I'm sure is not original. Even so, it will be very useful for brendoman.com. Even though I'm using stylesheets, my template for my blog is still a mess. I figured out a way to solve that problem. The solution is using Server Side Includes. I'm already using an include on the main page for the link dump. What the include does is it includes a file (such as this page) and inserts it into the webpage. I can then format it any way I want using stylesheets. This only takes up one line in the template. If I did this for each little section on my template (links, rings, navigation, poll, etc.), my template would be a lot less cluttered. It would also allow for much easier updating of these elements since I won't have to navigate through my cluttered template every time I want to change or add something. This process is going to be slightly time consuming because I am going to create a blog for each individual element and then include that blog into the template. While it might take a little while, it will be great in the long run because I will be able to edit all my content on the fly from anywhere without any hassle. I only wish I had thought of this sooner.