Server Side Includes?

[SG-17]

I'm trying to setup server side includes on my site to standardize my header and footer without using jQuery and it doesn't seem to be working.
I've added the correct configs to .htaccess but even then its a no-go. Is mod_include not enabled in the version of Apache that NFO uses?

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/ssi.html

[Edge100x]

I haven't had anyone ask about those before, but they should work. you'd have to use AddType, AddOutputFilter, and set the options on the folder properly. What does your .htaccess look like?

[SG-17]

I haven't had anyone ask about those before, but they should work. you'd have to use AddType, AddOutputFilter, and set the options on the folder properly. What does your .htaccess look like?

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ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
Options +Includes -Indexes
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /
#terminate all rewrite loops
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
#1)Remove ".html" , ".php",".css" extension.
#The following rule redirects "/file.ext" to "/file" 
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(html|php|css)$ $1 [L,R,NE]
#checks if "/file" .html exists, if it exits ,map "/file" to "/file.html"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.html [L]
#checks if "/file" .php exists, if it exits ,map "/file" to "/file.php"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]
#checks if "/file" .css exists, if it exits ,map "/file" to "/file.css"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.css -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.css [L]

On my test page I have

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<!--#include file="/header.shtml" -->
<!--#include file="/footer.shtml" -->

in their respective places on the page.

[SG-17]

I think I figured it out, I needed to add .html and .php to the AddOutputFilters

So now its

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AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml .html .php

and it seems to be working.

[Edge100x]

If you want .html and .php files to be parsed, you would, yes. That's not the standard configuration and it will slow things down, so it's not recommended. It is usually better to use XBitHack and set +x on the .html files, per the documentation. You shouldn't have .php files in the list; with PHP, you just use scripting to handle this, instead.

[SG-17]

If you want .html and .php files to be parsed, you would, yes. That's not the standard configuration and it will slow things down, so it's not recommended. It is usually better to use XBitHack and set +x on the .html files, per the documentation. You shouldn't have .php files in the list; with PHP, you just use scripting to handle this, instead.

Is there a way to chmod all of the html pages in my site at once?

I went and removed .php and added php includes for each of them.

[Edge100x]

Yes, you could use the "find" command from a shell to do that sort of thing. A command like this, for instance:

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find /usr/www/youridentifier/the/directory/tree/to/change/in -name "*.html" -execdir chmod +x {} \;

(There are other ways, including using xargs, that may be more efficient, but -execdir is simplest.)

[SG-17]

Yes, you could use the "find" command from a shell to do that sort of thing. A command like this, for instance:

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find /usr/www/youridentifier/the/directory/tree/to/change/in -name "*.html" -execdir chmod +x {} \;

(There are other ways, including using xargs, that may be more efficient, but -execdir is simplest.)

Thanks, that worked. Now if I create new pages will I need to set the +x again for them?

Is there any downside to just making any new pages .php and using .php includes going forward even if thats the only php on the page?

[SG-17]

Oh wait, can I just set the file permissions in FileZilla, checking the Execute box for new pages?

[Edge100x]

That would likely work, yes.

No real downsides to using PHP either, no.

[SG-17]

Thanks for your help. Sometimes the documentation can be a bit obtuse for amateurs like myself.