An include is a script or tool that helps you include one HTML file in another. The most common reason to use includes is because you have content that is repeated across your website - such as navigation. When you use an include, you write the navigation as one file and then call it with an include reference in the pages where you want it to appear.

The thing is, includes are not something you can do with plain HTML. You have to use a script or tool of some sort to handle it. The original include was the SSI or server side includes. But now you can create includes with languages like PHP and ASP, JavaScript and even frames. You can also use tools like Dreamweaver library items to act as includes offline.

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This week, I finalized two "best of" lists:

• Top 20 Best Editors for Windows
• Top 20 Best Editors for Macintosh

If your favorite editor is not on those lists, the best way to bring it to my attention is to write a review of it.

Editor Round Up

These are the editor reviews I finished this week:

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• EditPlus
• Espresso
• Microsoft Expression Web
• Microsoft Expression Studio
• NetBeans
• NetOjbects Fusion
• PageSpinner
• phpDesigner
• PHPEdit
• Rapid PHP Editor
• Web Designer
• WordPad
• XMLFox
• XMLFox Advance

For the rest of the month, I'll be focusing on the lists of best editors in several categories including:

• Best WYSWYG editors
• Best text editors
• Best free editors
• Best editors for small business owners
• Best editors for children and newcomers to Web design

And finally, I'll provide a list of the worst Web editors for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux/UNIX so you'll know which ones to avoid.

Indenting HTML code makes it easier to read and thus easier to maintain later. But some people feel that adding indents can increase the size of pages by adding in white space that isn't used on the page. Personally, I feel that it's important to have some indenting, so that the HTML is easier to read, but putting in a 4-space indent for every nested tag is a bit of overkill as well.