LIGHTWEIGHT USER INTERACTIVE ADMINISTRATION FRAMEWORK

The invention provides a program framework for use in a web based environmen t. The framework is provided in a web browser to bundle associated web pages from a web site into one viewable page. The framework enables the bundle of associated web pages to b e returned by a remote machine. User data required by the web pages is identified in a parsable string returned by the browser from the user data source. A client at the remote machine is enabled, through the web browser, to save the user data at the remote machine, update that user data and then return the updated data to the user data source for processing. The client's ability to store the user data associated with the bundle of associated web pages in turn permits the clien t to return all of the completely modified web pages at one time. The framework also permits the client to return multiple associated web pages from multiple servers and return the modified user data and web pages at one time. The invention also includes a method of implementing a framework that allows associated web pages to be bundled into one viewable page, the user data to be stored at the client's remote machine, and updated data to be returned to the user's data source fo r processing. The invention also provides a computer product which may be loaded into a comput ersystem to provide a framework in accordance with this invention.