FileMaker and SSI

[lunddal]

I have an Apache server and FileMaker Unlimited with Web Server Connector, and I would like to know if this is possible:

I would like to have a front page on the web server that is built up from several .html files using Server Side Includes and on that page I want to have a Recent News list with data from the FileMaker database.

Please help me

JLL

[lunddal]

quote:

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Originally posted by Anatoli:

No problem with frames.

I am not so sure about Apache talking to the FM via SSI.

FM WebCompanion itself is capable of SSI.

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Sorry for the post in the other thread.

The purpose of Web Server Connector is to let Apache (or another web server)

[Anatoli]

No problem with frames.

I am not so sure about Apache talking to the FM via SSI.

FM WebCompanion itself is capable of SSI.

[Jeff Spall]

Hi Anatoli:

quote:

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FM WebCompanion itself is capable of SSI.

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*******! i didn't know that

Could i have been just using

<!--#include virtual="header.txt-->

instead of keeping all my pages up to date?:

regards, Jeff

[Anatoli]

Jeff,

the syntax is:

[FMP-Include]

What it does

[FMP-Include] is replaced with the contents of another file, usually an HTML format file.

Syntax

[FMP-Include: Filename ]

Parameter(s)

First parameter: Name of the file to include.

Syntax example(s)

Include a file using an HTML file

[FMP-If: CurrentError .eq. 509]

[FMP-Include: requirefield.htm]

[FMP-Else]

[FMP-Include: othererror.htm]

[/FMP-If]

[Jeff Spall]

boy am i DUMB!

I've been using FMP-Include as part of an 'If" for ages.

Never occurred to me it would work on its own!!!!!

thanks, Jeff

[Anatoli]

Any time

[Jeff Spall]

This kinda strayed from the original question (my fault, but worth it 'cos i now have a new trick to play with !)

If you have a webserver that understands the standard unix ssi commands and their extensions, you could embed the Filemaker data into the home page using a <webinclude> tag which calls a remote url into the page, but it must be a separate server - it won't work on the same host, even with two different ip addresses.

so a line in the default page could be:

<webinclude

url='http://myfilemakerserver.com/datafolder/FMPro?-&stuff-&stuff-&stuff'>

which could embed the Filemaker data and html

regards, Jeff

[lunddal]

Thanks! I'll try, but at the moment FM is on the same server as the web server, so I'll have to find another machine.

Regards,

JLL

[lunddal]

Now I've tried, but I can't get it to work.

I know that WebSTAR has a SSI-WebInclude module, but I'm using Apache and the command does not work in Apache, or am I missing something here?

Regards

JLL

[dynedwebmaster]

I tried doing a [FMP-Include: ] and it doesn't work.

The entire syntax I used is:

[FMP-Include: loginH.html]

Does this need to be part of the results page of a query? Can't I just use it by itself?

When I do this, I just get the tag displayed on the screen just as it is in the HTML.

I'm using FileMaker Pro 5.0v1

[Anatoli]

If you used the Syntax [FMP-Include: Filename ] and did not see the include file, than your file was not called from FM WebCompanion!