ohhh, I can do that! This is the sort of page I want to change: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mckemie/onenamestudy/records1/index.html I would like to visually change the appearance of the active page choice in the menu along the left (starts with Bible and ends with Wills). The example I'm using is the tabbed menu along the top of this page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mckemie/index.html My goal is not to duplicate, just to do something, probably just a shading or color change, undecided as of yet, for the link to show it is the "active" page the user is on. Other info, in case its important. The example site does not use an external style sheet, but I do use one for the McK site. What you wrote, Pat, is where I'm unclear. So, even though I can't see what is being brought in by the include (in this case, the side menu) I can still assign it styles? But how do I say which one? I'm probably not explaining this at all well, and it would be so much better if I understood the proper terminology. Thanks for trying to struggle through this with me. On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > The terminology is not the problem. We need to see an example (the page > URL(s) to fully understand. > > However, class="active" would be a CSS command in the HTML. Do you use an > external style sheet for your site? If so, you could create "class" > variations, e.g. > active1, active2, etc. > or active-recs1 etc, then > active-recs1a, active-recs2b etc. > > Really need to see those URLS :) > > Pat > > > > > At 01:54 PM 6/1/2016, Jennifer McKemie wrote: > >> I'm not going to use the right terminology, so please forgive me. But >> yes, I am currently using the following: >> >> <.!--#include virtual="recordsmenu.txt" --> >> >> and in another area (one area is my one name study, the other is everyone >> else in my genealogy) I have a menu with  class="active" indicators >> (changes the appearance of the tab). I'd like to change the appearance of >> the records menu relative to what page the user is on. But for the pages I >> am currently using the "active" bit, I have to change it on each one - not >> really a big deal, as less than a dozen pages. The pages covered by the >> records menu, however, number much higher than 12 (which I guess is why the >> includes menus to start with)... >> >> Is there a way to change them without revamping such that the menu is >> written on each page? >> >> Its a stylistic thing, so not gonna kill me, and I'm working on >> incorporating a breadcrumbs feature now which kinda makes it a redundancy, >> but for learning purposes, still would like to know :) >> >> Thanks! >> Jen >> > > -- Jennifer McKemie www.mckemie.org

Jennifer, You want to be able to "highlight" the appropriate part of the menu to match the page that is currently active? Right? The menu is a SSI file, and the easiest way to make the appropriate change to the menu is to use embedded styles in the head of the active page to do just that. Am I on the right track? Barry ------------------------------- On 01/06/2016 21:09, Jennifer McKemie via wrote: > ohhh, I can do that! > > This is the sort of page I want to change: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mckemie/onenamestudy/records1/index.html > I would like to visually change the appearance of the active page > choice in > the menu along the left (starts with Bible and ends with Wills). > > The example I'm using is the tabbed menu along the top of this page: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mckemie/index.html > > My goal is not to duplicate, just to do something, probably just a > shading > or color change, undecided as of yet, for the link to show it is the > "active" page the user is on. >