Include Statements and Updating Files

[Wilfred Drew]

We use includes all of the time and have the same types of problems.  I
tell people that they MUST edit on a copy of the original file or on the
original file not on a copy of the view source results.  No other way
around it.  Give them  a copy of the file with the include codes and
clearly labeled with comments about not changing that part of the coding 
and then edit from that instead of from the view source results.  Save the
resulting files as well as sending you a copy.

Paula Sillars wrote:
> 
> We have just recently started using include statements for commonly
> repeated elements within our web pages. This will hopefully save us
> a lot of time with constant updating elements like navigation
> buttons etc.
> 
> The problem comes when our staff wish to update a file. Usually they
> save the document source in Netscape Navigator (version 2.02 for OS/2),
> edit it and then send it to me to put up on the server.
> 
> Unfortunately with include statements these get substituted with the
> text that should be included so when I receive the file for
> updating, I need to edit out the code that shouldn't be there and
> put the include statements back in.
> 
> An example of one of our pages with three include statements is http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/serials/ej/biology.shtml
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way of saving the file as it really is, with
> include statements intact?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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> Paula Sillars      x8602
> 
> A day without sunshine is like, night.

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