One fixed frame for the links at left. One variable frame for the contents at left. That's a standard way of doing this. Have a look at a site I manage: http://oew.leisb.org. It's in Dutch, so you won't understand it, but you'll get the idea.
Or isn't this what you mean? Then please detail your requirements.
Kees
I am looking for a method to efficiently update the links that appear on the left side of my site. As my site is currently set up, the same links appear on each page and if I want to change or add a link, I am forced to edit each individual page. I was looking into CSS to solve this issue and came across the "content Property" which seems like a possibility. The links on my page are all jpg images, though not simple text links, and from the tutorial i came across, i dont know how i would create this with CSS. This is first time i have looked into CSS for my site. It seems that the content property is only able to create plain text or plain urls. Is there any solutions with CSS, or otherwise, that would resolve my issue?

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