As you can see there are TONS of different ways to build with Expression Engine. I typically setup {embed}s like others said. I shy away from using snippets but I have built sites with snippets for my doc_head, doc_end and the like. You're better off creating a template for each of your pages as it gives you a LOT more flexibility down the road if something changes or you want to do more with a particular page. True it's not a big deal to pull that page out of that particular template, but I try to build for flexibility. IF you build each project with that in mind you'll be in great shape.

As you can see there are TONS of different ways to build with ExpressionEngine. I typically setup {embed}s like others said. I shy away from using snippets but I have built sites with snippets for my doc_head, doc_end and the like. You're better off creating a template for each of your pages as it gives you a LOT more flexibility down the road if something changes or you want to do more with a particular page. True it's not a big deal to pull that page out of that particular template, but I try to build for flexibility. IF you build each project with that in mind you'll be in great shape.