[OrvalWintermute]

This sounds similar to the old Server Side Includes [1] .

In the 90s I was using SSI to build dynamic, but static sites

-- header --

-- hierarchal javscript menuing --

-- content --

-- footer --

-- tail --

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes

[dtjohnnymonkey]

SSI was my first introduction to abstraction in programming. What a rush!