Server-Side Includes

Server-side includes are a simple way of generating documents that are the same apart from a small dynamic part (such as a page access counter). The HTTP server needs to be configured to accept them.

A simple tutorial is at http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/includes.html. Most commonly used is the exec command


<!--#exec cmd="..." -->

The command in "..." will be given to /bin/sh to execute. e.g.


<!--#exec cmd="/bin/date" -->

will include today's date in the document.

Exercises

Create a rotating banner ad using SSI. i.e. randomly select an image to display.

Jan Newmarch (http://jan.newmarch.name)