Javascript template

[hlbuss]

Is there any danger in using external javascript files to create the basic template design for a website and then adding the textual content to the individual pages themselves? Or, to put it another way, will google penalize for using too many external js files on a page/site?

I'm thinking of using two scripts, one to write the header and basic navagation menu (contact, tos, privacy, etc.) and another to write the footer/copyright information. Each script will be linked from every page of the site.

[WebGuerrilla]

I don't think you have to worry about Google penalizing a site simply for using external JS files.

Any type of penalty related to a JS file would have to do with the actual content of the file itself.