How do .shtml and SSI work?

TheMailMan · 11-21-2005, 04:13 PM

http://www.parsimonious.org

I am starting a site soon with a similar concept - sims 2 downloads. While I probably won't try to do mine like theirs and I might not even use this shtml and SSI at all, I would like to know how it works. They have a staff team and I'm pretty sure most of them don't know about web design, and I doubt the head administrator goes in and adds downloads everytime someone has something new for the site, but that's a bit beside the point. So...basically...how does it work? LoL

E-Liam · 11-26-2005, 09:46 AM

Hi,

SSI stands for Server Side Includes. Instead of having a page repeated in it's entirety every time you write one, you can have your basic set up saved as *.htm files, and reuse them each time you add a page..

Page Name=index.shtml

Code:

<!--#include file="header.htm"-->

Add your content for the individual page here.

<!--#include file="footer.htm"-->

The header would include all the content of your page up to the point where it changes in content specifically for the page you are viewing. That's everything from the DOC tag down. The footer will contain everything after your specific content.

This means that if you have a site with several pages, anything you change in the header or footer will change for every page.

Ther are many other ways this works but that is the basic idea.

Ask if you need more info.

Cheers

Liam

TheMailMan · 12-06-2005, 04:42 PM

So it's sort of like frames?

E-Liam · 12-07-2005, 11:13 AM

Hi,

Not exactly. When you load pages into a frame, the page loads from an external source to the frame, even if it's local (to the site). With SSI, you call the page (from the link), and the header, footer etc. are loaded to complete the page. You can also have different header/footer files throughout a large site, to change the layout, but still keep all the original content.

Cheers

Liam

11-21-2005, 04:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheMailMan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 71 OS: XP	How do .shtml and SSI work? http://www.parsimonious.org I am starting a site soon with a similar concept - sims 2 downloads. While I probably won't try to do mine like theirs and I might not even use this shtml and SSI at all, I would like to know how it works. They have a staff team and I'm pretty sure most of them don't know about web design, and I doubt the head administrator goes in and adds downloads everytime someone has something new for the site, but that's a bit beside the point. So...basically...how does it work? LoL

11-26-2005, 09:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
E-Liam Manager, On the Web Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bracknell, UK Posts: 929 OS: XP	Hi, SSI stands for Server Side Includes. Instead of having a page repeated in it's entirety every time you write one, you can have your basic set up saved as .htm files, and reuse them each time you add a page.. Page Name=index.shtml Code: <!--#include file="header.htm"--> Add your content for the individual page here. <!--#include file="footer.htm"--> The header would include all the content of your page up to the point where it changes in content specifically for the page you are viewing. That's everything from the DOC tag down. The footer will contain everything after your specific content. This means that if you have a site with several pages, anything you change in the header or footer will change for every page. Ther are many other ways this works but that is the basic idea. Ask if you need more info. Cheers Liam __________________ My Mother suggested a family outing... so I told her Uncle Bob was gay. (Trevor D.) Never argue with an idiot! They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A member of the Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals* since 2004. Last edited by E-Liam; 11-26-2005 at 09:47 AM.

12-07-2005, 11:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
E-Liam Manager, On the Web Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bracknell, UK Posts: 929 OS: XP	Hi, Not exactly. When you load pages into a frame, the page loads from an external source to the frame, even if it's local (to the site). With SSI, you call the page (from the link), and the header, footer etc. are loaded to complete the page. You can also have different header/footer files throughout a large site, to change the layout, but still keep all the original content. Cheers Liam __________________ My Mother suggested a family outing... so I told her Uncle Bob was gay. (Trevor D.) Never argue with an idiot! They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A member of the Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals since 2004.

12-06-2005, 04:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMailMan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 71 OS: XP	So it's sort of like frames?