Server Side Includes
Tired of updating navigation for every pages? You tried Frameset, but it's not so accessible. Using server-side scripting is the best way to maintain accessibility and interactivity. Server-side include is part of server-side scripting.
Webhost Requirements(you only need one of them, click one of the link to continue)
SSI with .shtml
To SSI on Apache(with/withoutout PHP/CGI), add the following comments to include:
<!-- #include virtual="include.inc"-->
Then include.inc's content will appear on the page that used the #include. Sometimes you must rename it to *.inc, and sometimes *.html.
If it doesn't work, your host may not support it, or add this .htaccess file:
AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
ASP/ASP.NET also have SSI, but it seems that it requires *.inc as file extension on included files.
PHP SSI
PHP has their own include feature. It's not #include, it's the include() function.
<?php
include ('navigation.php');
?>
The file to be included must have *.php as extension. PHP functions can also be included by using SSI.
