Hi, 

first of all apologise to the list ­ this is a very basic question for you
Iım sure. I have tried to find an answer on the web but the problem is
knowing HOW to ask the question ­ and I hoping you can provide me with a
starting point.

Anyway.. I design a lot of graphic intensive pages which rely heavily on
layers that contain images, mouseovers and image swaps. The trouble is, when
there are more than a couple of these layers on a page the code gets long
and over complicated.  For example, if I have a page which on one side
contains an image map with 5 clickable points that shows one of 5 possible
layers on the other side of the page  (each with different content)  this is
automatically a page with lots of code which is slow to load ­ especially if
the page already has a layer based navigation bar!

My question is: is there a way to use a language like php to make this
process easier? For example populate the layers from a different file rather
than have all the code on the same page and perhaps slim the page down a
little ­ or is this missing the point of what a language like php is about.

Thanks for your help and my apologies if this is the worst question of the
week.

Tim Rogers

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