Patent ID: 7039704

Claim:
A server accessible over a network and hosting web content containing static content and active content, the server comprising: a network interface for communicating with the network; a memory to store websites containing static content and active content; a website manager to render websites with the static content and active content in fixed locations relative to one another, the website manager including an active content configuration module to perform a method comprising: authorizing a user to access the website manager; receiving a user request to modify a selected active content; determining if the selected active content has a locked value; and preventing the assignment of a new value to the selected active content upon determining that the selected active content has a locked value wherein the active content configuration module further performs: comparing a precedence of the user request to a precedence of the locked value; and assigning a new value to the selected active content if the precedence of the user request is greater than the precedence of the locked value.