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Fri 18th Jul '03, 2:59pm
Hello,
I'm rather new to Server-Side Includes (SSI), but from what I've read it looks like exactly what I want.
Here's my problem. I have a sidebar at my site (http://www.net-benefits.net) which is frequently updated. I also want to offer different styles for users to use. Essentially, however, when I change the content on the side bar, I don't want to change it separately for each style. I'd like to be able to change it in only one place and have each style change accordingly.
This is where SSI comes in. From my understanding, I can put an SSI tag in the html which refers to an .sht file (text) on the server and inserts whatever is in that file into the text of the page. So, if I just put the text that I want to use in the file in each style it should require that I only change the .sht file to edit all of the styles.
My first question is - am I getting SSI right?
My second question is, apparently I have to enable SSI by making my pages .shtml instead of .html. Is that going to cause problems with the vBulletin software?
Third, is there any other way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?
Thanks!
jEd
I'm rather new to Server-Side Includes (SSI), but from what I've read it looks like exactly what I want.
Here's my problem. I have a sidebar at my site (http://www.net-benefits.net) which is frequently updated. I also want to offer different styles for users to use. Essentially, however, when I change the content on the side bar, I don't want to change it separately for each style. I'd like to be able to change it in only one place and have each style change accordingly.
This is where SSI comes in. From my understanding, I can put an SSI tag in the html which refers to an .sht file (text) on the server and inserts whatever is in that file into the text of the page. So, if I just put the text that I want to use in the file in each style it should require that I only change the .sht file to edit all of the styles.
My first question is - am I getting SSI right?
My second question is, apparently I have to enable SSI by making my pages .shtml instead of .html. Is that going to cause problems with the vBulletin software?
Third, is there any other way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?
Thanks!
jEd