DIV tags assistance

[Francis Odhiamb]

I have a web application that is divided into footer,header,m ain,right pane and left pane.Left pane and Right pane hold links...... I need to be able to click my links and change only contents in the main section.. My friend told me that DIV tags can achieve this.But my problem is how?

[drhowarddrfine]

div elements are generic containers of other html elements. HTML does not programatically do anything since it is not a programming language.