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Linking

....to external files

         

kodaks

11:24 pm on Aug 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I have a copyright notice at the bottom of each page on my site.

I would like to be able to change the copyright notice when I please, without having to edit all of the pages. I am wondering if there a way that I can link to an external file to each page, so that way I would only have to edit the external file.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!

defanjos

11:30 pm on Aug 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

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What you are looking for is called Server Side Includes (SSI), and its implementation depends on your server. You can use SSIs with ASP, PHP, etc.

SSIs are a must for web site maintenance.

kodaks

11:40 pm on Aug 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Thanks, defanjos! What is the easiest way to get started in SSI?

defanjos

11:46 pm on Aug 14, 2004 (gmt 0)

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For example, if you are using ASP (active server pages) on your site, do a search (on any search engine) for "server side includes asp". If you are using PHP, try "server side includes php".

That should get you started.

shigamoto

4:19 pm on Aug 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Actually including files with PHP and ASP are fairly easy, I thought it would be hard when I first heard of it but it's actually pretty straight-forward, it sounds more complicated hehe :)

Good luck!

kodaks

11:55 am on Aug 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Thanks, I will look into it!