diff --git a/board.html b/board.html
index b748926..cd0571a 100644
--- a/board.html
+++ b/board.html
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@
       <header>
         <!-- The sidebar naviagtion begins here -->
         <nav>
-          <ul>
-            <li><a href="ticket.html">Ticket</a></li>
-            <li><a href="board.html">Board</a></li>
-            <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
-          </ul>
+          <?php include 'naviagtion.html';?>
         </nav>
-        <!-- The sidebar naviagtion ends here -->
+        <!-- The sidebar naviagtion ends here --> 
       </header>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/navigation.html b/navigation.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4437f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navigation.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+  <!-- enable utf-8 encoding for umlauts etc.-->
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="ticket.html">Ticket</a></li>
+    <li><a href="board.html">Board</a></li>
+    <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/template.html b/template.html
index 59934d8..f71a748 100644
--- a/template.html
+++ b/template.html
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   <meta name ="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <!-- link to the default css file -->
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/stylesheet.css"/>
-  <!-- link to the default js file -->
 </head>
 
 <body>
diff --git a/ticket.html b/ticket.html
index 71ce228..5f8050c 100644
--- a/ticket.html
+++ b/ticket.html
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
       <header>
         <!-- The sidebar naviagtion begins here -->
         <nav>
-          <ul>
-            <li><a href="ticket.html">Ticket</a></li>
-            <li><a href="board.html">Board</a></li>
-            <li><a class="active" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
-          </ul>
+          <?php include 'naviagtion.html';?>
         </nav>
         <!-- The sidebar naviagtion ends here -->
       </header>
