Include a menu on every page? use url helper in a class?

[eluser]haloace[/eluser]
Thanks all for your input. Learning new techniques is always good. I ended up going for a simple approach.

Code:

//controller
$this->load->helper('url');
include("menu.inc");

//menu.inc
<div>
<a href="&lt;?php base_url() ?&gt;;" title="Home Page">Home</a>
<a href="/forum/" title="Drop us a note.">Forum</a>
<a href="/about/" title="Learn about us">About</a>
</div>