Hidden text to ease in site update?

[palmpal]

I would like to use hidden text in my HTML coding as a way to make updates to my site easier. It would be much quicker for me to do a search and replace when I decide to put products on sale. Currently I have to update each page individually. I've read that hidden text is a no-no. I'm not ready to learn to do a database yet for my products. Thanks for any ideas.

[percentages]

Hidden text is a "no, no" for Google, although it doesn't seem to use that filter all the time. When it does you will get a short term GoogleSmack! (30 days of misery I believe if the going rate for this crime).

Why not just use comments in the code until you are ready to switch to a more sophisticated method?

[palmpal]

I knew someone would come up with something! So I can just put my coding in a comment and search and replace that string with the real coding every time I have a sale? I really would like to put something together to automate this but I don't have the available time now. I'm trying to finish up the last four classes for my Bachelor's degree! Thanks for your help.

[PatrickDeese]

Why don't you make 2 copies of your webpage, ie:

products.html (normal price)
products2.html (sale price)

and then just rename the files whenever you want to switch the sale prices on and off - that's a lot less work, IMHO.