SSI for recip tables?

[Tekster]

Is it ok to use SSI for the recip tables, or anything else on a free site?
I think would be a lot easier to work with if you end up with a lot of free sites and say one LL goes under. If not, how do you manage the recip links?

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by TekAngel

Is it ok to use SSI for the recip tables, or anything else on a free site?
I think would be a lot easier to work with if you end up with a lot of free sites and say one LL goes under. If not, how do you manage the recip links?

I use SSI to call my recip tables and it's been a BIG help. A few clicks and a dead link list is out all across the board. And, I know I'm a dumbass, but I submitted to a list for a year thinking I was getting listed. ( I didn't check like I should have) I had their recip on 100's of sites and would have taken forever to go find them and remove them. SSI did it in a few minutes.

[LowryBigwood]

Same as Licker4U, I use SSI for my recips as well.

[japamor]

You guys who use SSI, do you name your sites .shtml or do you alter your .htaccess to parse SSI?

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by japamor

You guys who use SSI, do you name your sites .shtml or do you alter your .htaccess to parse SSI?

Man, you're talking Greek. Alter .htaccess? Parse SSI? My sites are /index.html. I use this for my "hairy" recip table and everything works fine:

<!--#include virtual="/recips/hairy01.txt" -->

I have a folder on my root domain, "recips" that has this in it:

hairy01txt.txt

[SheepGuy]

Agreed, it's not complicated at all and saves a ton of time when you need to change them.

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by japamor

You guys who use SSI, do you name your sites .shtml or do you alter your .htaccess to parse SSI?

I have .htaccess setup to run ssi on .html using the following in my .htaccess file:

AddHandler server-parsed .htm .html

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by LowryBigwood

I have .htaccess setup to run ssi on .html using the following in my .htaccess file:

AddHandler server-parsed .htm .html

Yup, that's exactly what I used to do for recips too

[ponygirl]

ok, so SSI for idiots (me) lol

do a recip table, save it as a .txt file
put this in your htaccess: AddHandler server-parsed .htm .html (anywhere on a separate line?)
call the table using this: <!--#include virtual="/pathto/recips.txt" --> in your html

is that right? seems too easy

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by ponygirl

ok, so SSI for idiots (me) lol

do a recip table, save it as a .txt file
put this in your htaccess: AddHandler server-parsed .htm .html (anywhere on a separate line?)
call the table using this: <!--#include virtual="/pathto/recips.txt" --> in your html

is that right? seems too easy

Actually, it is really easy. I was intimidated at first too, but once you use it...you'll love it

The first 3 lines of my htaccess...
RewriteEngine on
AddHandler server-parsed .html
Options All -Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

That third line tells the server it's ok to follow 'includes'...whether they be ssi or php.

You can save as either txt or html...doesn't matter a bit. Just be sure to use the right extension when including the file in your html.

<!--#include virtual="/pathto/recips.txt" -->

Yup, that looks right to me

[Tekster]

Yes it is easy, and like Licker4U said, if you have any changes to make; it makes it really easy.

BTW the last site I submitted that is what I used.

I don't see any downsides, but again I am no expert, I just learned about this.

[johnnybg]

Just for the record: since it doesn't require too much brain power to think of using SSI to change advertising on your free sites, it's NOT a good idea. You'll soon end up in "Possible Cheaters" section