[WEB4LIB] Re: date last modified script?

[Dennis Moser]

Duly noted, however:

1. While "Any (non moldy old) web server" CAN be set up, etc., not every
SysAdmin likes to allow it...hence, my caveat.

2. SSI is a very rich topic and does require as much thought as using
javascript. HOW one uses the command is vitally important, as you point out,
so the user should understand what they are doing. Blindly copying someone
elses' code is a good way to get started, but hardly recommended for using
on the final version.

As can be seen by the responses so far, SSI seems to be the "recommended"
approach.

Dennis

"That so few now dare to be eccentric,
marks the chief danger of the time."
~~~ John Stuart Mill


-----Original Message-----
From: Hanan Cohen <hanan at qglibrary.org.il>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:54 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: date last modified script?


>Dennis Moser wrote:
>> so as long as you are allowed to do this and using "*.shtml"
>
>Please note two facts:
>1. Any (non moldy old) web server can be setup to accept Server Side
>Includes for any extention, not just SHTML.
>2. A "LAST_MODIFIED" command returns the date of the FILE it was written
>in. Thus, if you have a standard footer that you include using SSI, the
>date displayed will be of the FOOTER file and not of the document.
>
>--
>Hanan Cohen - http://www.info.org.il (Hebrew only)
>***Love and Peace***
>