Gyrbo — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 09:08:40 +0000

The point is: there is no tag like that, you may argue as mutch as you want, but it ain't gonna be there. Maybe if you talk to Microsoft an the W3C, there will (I highly doubt that).

Mark Hensler — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 05:24:44 +0000

"Won't you be my neighbor?"

detox — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 01:09:41 +0000

OK EVERYONE ...... PUT THE GUNS DOWN!!!!!

jerryctx
I hope you weren't too offended. Sarcasm aside, i know that nobody meant any offense. We are pretty friendly around here, i mean, people have accepted me and I am an Australian!! So they are a pretty good bunch.

Adam Oberdorfer — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 01:02:58 +0000

Jerry,

Welcome to TWF. I don't think either of their posts were meant to be critical or rude. TWF is a very friendly community and we're always available for questions and welcome new members. Most of us have a slight edge of sarcasm, which you'll get used to overtime

Welcome to TWF! I hope you stick around...

jerryctx — Wed, 04 Jul 2001 00:54:11 +0000

m0dulus -

May I recap?

1) I offered an opinion about HTML. Right or wrong, I don't think it was impolite or offensive.

2) I received a critical reply that, in my opinion, was rude and excessive.

3) Nevertheless I apologized, but defended my position, politely I think.

Now you seem to be warning me of some future retaliation. I take it this is one of those boards dominated by a few prima donnas.

I appreciate the help and wish you all well but I'm sure I can find a friendlier board.

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m0dulus — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:56:45 +0000

Jerry, you're really setting yourself up here..

jerryctx — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:54:38 +0000

Suzanne - You seem to be personally offended. My apologies.

Its been years since I used GML but I'm pretty sure that imbedding files was supported so I don't accept "Markup Language" as a defense. In any case, imbedding would be a useful feature (at least to me) and I don't see much difference between text and graphics which HTML does imbed.

Adam Oberdorfer — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:23:42 +0000

Here are a couple URL's to help you get started with SSI.

http://mkruse.netexpress.net/info/ssi/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_include.html

Good luck...

ok

m0dulus — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:10:15 +0000

LOL, you go girl!

BTW, I'm on the Island, in Nanaimo, nice to see some people close to where I live here.

You are confusing the issue.

Suzanne — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 23:05:11 +0000

HTML is not an editor. It is a MARKUP language. Which simply means that it does formatting. Word, for instance, uses markup on the page, but the program itself is NOT formatting, it is more complex programming and allows you to integrate other files, et cetera, into the page.

Expecting HTML to do the same is like expecting the BOLD function in Word to include files. It's totally beyond the scope and concept of the language.

SSI, server side includes, IS THE THING YOU NEED. It's the programming. It goes *in* the HTML code as a special comment, but it's not performed by the markup language, it is programming done on the server side, like Word does on your computer.

You should be happy to hear that there is a solution, not disappointed that your banana can't drive you to the store.

Suzanne