An SSI is a command or directive placed in an HTML file through the use of a comment line.
With a simple SSI command you can update an entire site design, dynamically add the
current time and date or the date a file was last modified, execute shell and CGI scripts and
more!
Are you the harried, overworked web-designer who just learned that
the boss wants across-the-board changes to a thousand page
website? Learn how to update an entire website by editing a single
file, add date and time dynamically and more!
NCSA HTTPd allows users to create documents which provide simple
information to clients on the fly. Such information can include
the current date, the file's last modification date, and the size
or last modification of other files. In its more advanced usage,
it can provide a powerful
interface to CGI and /bin/sh programs.
Server-side includes (SSI's) extend and introduce implicit
dynamism in HTML documents, and can be a useful alternative
to CGI's in certain cases. Use of SSI's, and their extensions
in the Apache WWW server, XSSI's, are described. Applications
SSI's and XSSI's are given. Written by Pankaj Kamthan