I have a set of about ten pages that all share a menu file called leftnav.php which is included in each page by using a PHP include tag. Is there anyway to make leftnav.php editable as a standalone document? When I surround it with editable tags, it shows up in each page as something that can be edited since it is being included. What I really need is a way to make it editable as a standalone template but not have it show in other templates as editable when I view them in the WYSIWYG editor.

I know Couch has a full blown menu feature but it just seems like overkill since there is no hierarchical structure to this menu.

Thanks,

You need to make a "global" template that you embed into all the other templates.

http://www.couchcms.com/docs/tutorials/ ... -ends.html