Help me with this HTML problem!

Brian23 · Sep 18, 2002

ok, I have a html file that has text on it (file B). And then there is another html file that has a table in it. (file A). I'm trying to figure out how to make it when the web browser loads file A, the table in file A will be filled with the text in file B. Is this possible? And how do I do it?

Entity · Sep 18, 2002

You could do it with SHTML and server-side includes. That'd be the best way, I think.

Rob

Maverick2002 · Sep 18, 2002

Either that or ASP includes. Syntax is about the same. ASP just offers more.

bmd · Sep 18, 2002

Any good ASP primers/guides out there? I'm googling it as we speak, just curious if anyone had a specific recommendation.

Brian23 · Sep 18, 2002

Thanks for the help guys, I was hoping that someone could give me a simple syntax to do this, but I'm sure it's not that complicated. I'll figure it out.

Maverick2002 · Sep 18, 2002

It's not difficult at all. If you're using ASP, convert all pages/include files to have a .asp extension. So now you have pageA.asp (the page with the table in it) and pageB.asp (the contents inside the table). Your code will look something like this (assume pageB.asp is located in the parent directory).

<html>
<head>
header stuff
</head>
<body>
body stuff
<table blah blah table specs>
<tr>
<td>



</td>
</tr>
</table>
more stuff
</body>
</html>

That's all there's to it. If you're using SSI (server side includes), the pages need to be renamed to .shtml, and the text file can be .txt. Then the code looks something like this:

Entity · Sep 18, 2002

Originally posted by: Maverick2002
It's not difficult at all. If you're using ASP, convert all pages/include files to have a .asp extension. So now you have pageA.asp (the page with the table in it) and pageB.asp (the contents inside the table). Your code will look something like this (assume pageB.asp is located in the parent directory).

<html>
<head>
header stuff
</head>
<body>
body stuff
<table blah blah table specs>
<tr>
<td>



</td>
</tr>
</table>
more stuff
</body>
</html>

That's all there's to it. If you're using SSI (server side includes), the pages need to be renamed to .shtml, and the text file can be .txt. Then the code looks something like this:

Shouldn't the SSI code look like this?



(if you are using a path)

or:



That's how the syntax works for me, at least.

Rob

Beau · Sep 18, 2002

Originally posted by: Entity
Shouldn't the SSI code look like this?



(if you are using a path)

or:



That's how the syntax works for me, at least.

Rob

is used for files that are mapped through virtual directories, or directories relative to the web address.
 is used for files with a path relative to the file system.

BigJohnKC · Sep 18, 2002

You could do it with javascript, too, but it gets really complicated. I've seen an example, though, where the page had a dynamic table that took source from an external XML file and loaded into the table. But the asp thing is much easier, if your webserver is IIS. If not, there's a similar way to do it with perl/CGI, and probably also php.

Entity · Sep 18, 2002

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Entity
Shouldn't the SSI code look like this?



(if you are using a path)

or:



That's how the syntax works for me, at least.

Rob

Click to expand...

 is used for files that are mapped through virtual directories, or directories relative to the web address.
 is used for files with a path relative to the file system.

Yeah, I don't know ASP at all, but I know for SSI that both:



will work, because they are for me.

Rob

Beau · Sep 18, 2002

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: Entity
Shouldn't the SSI code look like this?



(if you are using a path)

or:



That's how the syntax works for me, at least.

Rob

Click to expand...

 is used for files that are mapped through virtual directories, or directories relative to the web address.
 is used for files with a path relative to the file system.

Click to expand...

Yeah, I don't know ASP at all, but I know for SSI that both:



will work, because they are for me.

Rob

/me smacks forehead...

Duh... I really need to read more carefully.

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