Best way to design jsp/template structure

I am trying to create one page comprising of multiple pages without using frames.
My thought was to create a template.jsp, which has the following includes:
<jsp:include page="<%=header%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=menu%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=content%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=footer%>"></jsp:include>Here is an example of the question that arises...
In the HTML code of the 'menu' included page, I have a link to some other page (ex. 'abc.jsp' )
When clicking on this link, I would like to call the template.jsp with 'abc.jsp' being inserted where the 'content' tag is.
So, what is the best way to do this without frames?
Do I have every link call a controller servlet which stores the links in a request. Then the controller servlet calls the template.jsp with the link as a request parameter?
Is there a built in function in JSP that does this w/o any extra code?
Any other suggestions/practices that are more common or easier to implement?
Also, Is there major overhead on including 4 pages each call? Or after it compiles with the included page, the overhead is negligable, until a new page is swapped in place of an existing included page?
Thank you

A thought:
<%
String content = request.getParameter("content");
%>
<jsp:include page="<%=header%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=menu%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=content%>"></jsp:include>
<jsp:include page="<%=footer%>"></jsp:include>
Once everything is compiled, the overhead is in executing the pages. If you pass in a page that hasn't been compiled yet, obviously that would have to be compiled. I haven't tried dynamic includes like that - does it work?

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Essentially everything you wrote about dpi and the web is
wrong.
Walt
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> Sorry for the intrusion on what is an excellent thread,
but since no ACEs
> commented, and I feel cert's pain. I am not trying to
pick a fight on my
> later
> comments, but I am an old school programmer--think punch
cards and
> FORTRAN--who
> also knows DTP better than most folks, but just picked
up Dreamweaver. I
> figure this response may help cert. The responses thus
far seem too full
> of
> cliches and "rules of thumb," so I will clarify and
expand a bit. I hope
> cert
> finds this helpful.
>
> Anyway, your question, the best way to redesign a web
site. I manage a
> website that was designed by someone who used MS-Word to
write the HTML
> code
> and preview it on the screen. (See
www.meetmedowntown.org.) I can't do
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javascript, and all the
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> I am
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>
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>
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I forgot to
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620 high or wide so
> it
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it was ~150kb,
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>
> "dpi has no effect on [web] image quality." True,
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computer screen.
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matter. Anyone who
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72 dpi image on a
> 96
> dpi screen probably also argued that they could tell the
difference
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website listed,
> below.)
> There is always THAT crowd out there. The best advice is
to design your
> images
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>
> "DPI is only meaningful for printing." To expand on what
John wrote for
> people reading this thread that might be "closet graphic
designers," when
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dpi to your
> ultimate
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you don't crop,
> then
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you need when your
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computer monitor can
> display
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at 300 dpi,
> cropped,
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dpi and 620
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> A graphic designer will feel my pain.) What dpi you
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least five
> versions of
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original, the cropped
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and a cropped 300
> dpi
> "for print" picture. You may also need more two more,
depending on how
> you set
> up your testing server.
>
> Anyway, sorry for hopefully completing this thread. I
hope this
> discussion
> was useful.
>
> ~ Scott
> www.oldcountrypeddler.com
>
>

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