Templates allow web developers to easily create a series of web pages with a similar format.
This gives related pages a more polished look and acts as a visual aid for people visiting the site. The templates contain the standard Embry-Riddle header and footer, plus the bar down the left side of the page. Virtual includes are another way to provide consistency within a series of pages, as well as make it easier to update the pages. By changing the referenced HTML file, all pages with the virtual include are automatically updated. In the Embry-Riddle templates, both the header and the footer are set up as virtual includes.