Abstract: A method for creating interactive web sites that are easy to modify is disclosed. The method uses a specific web server request handler system that examines each request to determine if a handler should be called to handle information related to the referring web page. Specifically, the server system examines the address of the referring web page to see if the server has a handler routine associated with the referring web page. If the server has a handler associated with the referring web page, then the server executes the handler routine to process any information in the current request, any state information, or any other information. After executing the handler routine, the server handles the current request. The handling of the current request may be affected by the processing performed by the handler routine associated with the referring web page.

Abstract: A method for creating interactive web sites that are easy to modify is disclosed. The method uses a specific web server request handler system that examines each request to determine if a handler should be called to handle information related to the referring web page. Specifically, the server system examines the address of the referring web page to see if the server has a handler routine associated with the referring web page. If the server has a handler associated with the referring web page, then the server executes the handler routine to process any information in the current request, any state information, or any other information. After executing the handler routine, the server handles the current request. The handling of the current request may be affected by the processing performed by the handler routine associated with the referring web page.

Abstract: A system for developing and deploying web pages that have dynamic content is disclosed. First, a graphic artist creates a template HTML file that will provide the visual appearance of a dynamic web page. The template HTML file is embedded with identifier tags that identify locations where dynamic content should be inserted. A programmer then creates a program for manipulating a Document Object Model (DOM) representation of the HTML file to add desired dynamic content. The template HTML file and dynamic content program are then deployed to a special server system that serves the template HTML by executing the associated dynamic content program. When the server system receives a request for the template HTML file, the server first creates a clone of a Document Object Model (DOM) of the template HTML file and executes the dynamic content program to manipulated the DOM representation.