Server-Side Include or what?

One of my sites:
http://www.plough.com has become more active, I need to do a redesign. One thing I have to change: the "Recent Articles" list has up to now been a library item. This worked fine as long as the site was small. But now checking out & checking in the whole site every time I list a new article is too much.
So what is the best method to include a list like this? I've looked into Server Side Includes - the server is SSI, so there are a lot of restrictions (the include can't be in a folder higher in the structure than the page it is on?
Seems like too much fuss. Is there any other way I could do this? All ideas welcome - I need to get some creative thought going.
Thanks

Another possible way is to use a spry dataset. (xml or html based) see -
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/home.html
PZ

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          Hi,
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          Somebody can be assist me what I have to do?
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          "Jyothi" <[email protected]> wrote:
          >
          >Hi Mike,
          >Thanks for your reply.
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          >**********************************************
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          >>"Jyothi" <[email protected]> wrote:
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          >>>file.
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          >servlet.
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          >>>Somebody can be assist me what I have to do?
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          >>>--------------------------------------------------
          >>>
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          >>>
          >>>Thanks
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>
          >>
          >

Server-side includes in css

I am trying to incorporate server-side includes for my nav.
links. I created the website using css. I am able to preview the
navigationals (with proper links when I hovered) with F12 iexlorer,
but when I upload everything and view it from IE, Mozilla, etc.
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<li><a href="designpricing.php">Design
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Be sure to upload menu.html to your server.
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