Can I create a common include file in HTML?

Asked Dec 14 '15 at 20:20

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I am just wondering if this is possible. I have almost 50 html files in my project and have almost common include files like bootstrap, angular, jquery ui etc.

Can I write a common file say include.html that is similar to say import java.util.*. my include.html will contain 3-4 entries of my common JS and CSS files and then I can include that file in my each html page?

like say user.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
import include.html (or any other appropriate name or file format)
</head>....

I do not want common header and footer files I want to include required files in one shot by including one html file.

edited Dec 14 '15 at 20:26

asked Dec 14 '15 at 20:20

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You really need a basic server side script like PHP for that to do. PHP being the basic one as it doesn't need much setting up. – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:21
you could fetch them with an AJAX GET call. But if the user doesn't have scripts enabled, they will lose that content – Jacob G Dec 14 '15 at 20:21
so it is not possible in pure html / JS, right? – user1079065 Dec 14 '15 at 20:21
@JacobGray Not possible for including JS / CSS file. Do you understand what he's asking? – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:21
@user1079065 No way. Sorry. `:(` HTML will soon become powerful. – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:22
I guess Angular makes it possible to have such structure... `:P` – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:22
@PraveenKumar Can't you just send a get request like http://jsfiddle.net/jacobgray/ye5cz13n/ – Jacob G Dec 14 '15 at 20:26
@JacobGray For ` `??? – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:26
Well, it works anyway – Jacob G Dec 14 '15 at 20:28
No way buddy... I am saying like, header and footer using PHP or something. Including the basic script tag... Do you get it? `:(` This shit happens, when you wanna do a template or design. – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:29
Oh, gotcha. But the OP never said it had PHP in it. – Jacob G Dec 14 '15 at 20:30
LoL... Where's PHP? Check this out BTW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes – Praveen Kumar Purushothaman Dec 14 '15 at 20:30
You could use Jekyll or a static site generator, technically. – Tania Rascia Dec 14 '15 at 20:35

Can I create a common include file in HTML?

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