If I understand correctly, Jennifer wants a constant menu (SSI include) which changes appearance with pages. Specifically, she wants the link to the active page to change. This is doable. Pat offered good ideas and Barry suggested the coding. Maybe an overview would be helpful. Bear in mind that a SSI-included file can be a full HTML page, with head and body. If this menu file had classes or IDs for each link, they could be referenced by the active page. For example, the SSI file could contain: ... <.li class="link1"><.a href="xxx.htm">Link 1</a></li> <.li class=:link2"><.a href=xxy.htm">Link 2</a></li> ... Also bear in mind that, in case of conflict, CSS priority goes to the property stated nearest the styled element. If the "link1" item is styled in the included file, that rule will govern because the included file is loaded in the page's body section, after the active page's head. So the items' styling has to be left out of the included file and put into the active page file. The head section for the active page should contain the styling for the menu items. -rt_/)