SSI - Everything about Server-side includes

Sir,
SSI is often used to make updating a website a much simpler task. I for one have my site split into three columns. The right and left columns tend to be the same on all pages while the center column varies on each page.
To avoid having to update each page when I wanted to change the right or left columns I have these on separate files called up by SSI when on the server.
This means that EACH page on my sites calls for just ONE right/left column file - meaning if I update this file all the pages get updated.
If you need help in setting up SSI on your site (or are even more confused after the above expl. , just ask.
JP

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may i put my comment here?
i am also about to build my new page and i also use SSIs for the most parts.
follow these easy steps:
rename the html-file you want to use from .html to .shtml, this makes the server not just pass the data to the browser, but to read the file and execute SSIs.
then, insert this code at the place you want your ssi-output to be displayed:
<!--exec cgi="nameofscript.cgi"-->

whenever somebody calls this page with a browser he will not see this code but only the output of the cgi, that's all!
hope it's clear to you, if not feel free to ask again....
cu
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not quite up yet, but see if you can find something for you!

Cool, that would work. But is there any possible way to just call another HTML file or something instead of a CGI? I have CGI access, but it's on a different server, so I have to link to the different server to run a CGI and it's a real pain.

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Was in another discussion, but what is the line that goes in your .htaaccess file so you don't have to rename your files shtml. Easier to ask than to look and it goes with this discussion anyway.

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I think it's:
AddHandler server-parsed .html

Hope this helps.

Patrick showed you how to call and execute a CGI script. To include a html file just use this format:

<!--#include virtual="nameoffile.html"-->

Now, you don't even have to name your include files with a .html extension. In fact, I have a subdirectory for my includes and use the extension of .incl ... so my includes look like this:

<!--#include virtual="incl/nameoffile.incl"-->

When your .shtml file is processed by the server (or your html file is defined by an .htaccess), the server will take the file of the include and simply insert it where you have that line. I use it for my Text links and my left side image maps on my internal pages.

If you need further assistance, feel free to ask,
Matt

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I need a sample code on SSI how it is being code and also how it is being tag to a html file.

thank you very much.

by the way do i need any software if i try to run the SSI in my PC not a server?
so does that mean to have <!--#include virtual="abc.html"--> in my other html page. i can run normally in my pC????

i will mail you a demo SSI page...

you can't run a SSI-side on your pc, it has to be parsed by a server-program. i recommend OmniHttpd for a Win-machine, it's very easy tu use and install
OmniHttpd can be downloaded at: omnicron.ab.ca
ask me, if you run into troubles with the upset
cu
patrick

...actually Dreamweaver2 now recognises (and displays) SSI's when working in the program.
JP

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Thanks Patrick . but i need to run it on a NT workstation. I was wondering whether a Personal Web Server(PWS) will work for SSI or not.

If yes I hope to understand the procedure needed to make it run on a PWS.

may i mention that i am running OmniHttpd at my NT4.0 workstation

i havent bothered to use pws yet, maybe somebody else?
but i am 100% sure that OmniHttpd, apache, xitami and even sambar are working on an nt workstation and they can handle SSIs as well

well. i am currently using the Personal Web Server and InterDev to execute the programe but my SSI still cannot work. I was really wondering izzit something wrong with my code.
i just add <!--#include virtual="myfile.inc"--> inside the body of my another HTML file so.............
can somebody advise me whether this line of code is correct or not.

Thanks

thanks John. I really appreciate that. Hope that you can provide me with what sort of configuration I need to do to my Personal Web Server ASAP.

The code looks just fine, I'm thinking you might need to set or install something to make SSI work on the Personal Web Server. I'm not sure which it is though, but I'm off to investigate....

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