UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications Forum Design Integration CGI Pulls

I'm trying to get my UBB navigation set up to where I don't need to change it every time I change my navbar. So is there any possible way to get SSI to work across the entire UBB? I doubt it, being that cgi files don't get parsed, so on to my next question... Can it work to do a cgi pull into all the UBB pages, ending up with code similar to the below, then using $ variables to put the navigation where I want it? If this works I know I'd have to update threads every time I change the navbar, but that'd be easier than copying everything over like that. Any thoughts, or am I making any sense here?

And here would be the code I would want to be using:

eval {
($0 =~ m,(.*)/[^/]+,) && unshift (@INC, "$1");

require "/home/ira/www/templates/cgitop.txt";
};

SSI should work, try it.

no it doesn't work like that. It will work on the .html pages if the sever is set up like that but not .cgi files

Ok, thanks, that's what I thought. In that case do you know if CGI pulls are the only way to go, or are there other better methods of getting a navbar inserted from another file?

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On my board, this is what I did:

First, look for the spot where you want the file to be pulled. Most likely this will be in the middle of a:
I set it up to display like the following:
Then create include.html in your CGI directory, and you're good to go.

Then just use SSI for the .html pages (use .htaccess to make sure they're parsed)

Just a thought
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Chris «Stallion» Lambert
clambert@gamespy.com
ModCentral / PlanetUnreal

Stallion -- what is the crossed off "Just a Thought" thing for? You against cal or something?

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All they have to do is drink beer, play hockey, and say "Eh"

* No offense meant to any Canadians

Care to explain?

Just a thought

Just a joke. Cal types "Just a thought" at the end of every message, not using the signature feature

No harm intended!

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Chris «Stallion» Lambert
clambert@gamespy.com
ModCentral / PlanetUnreal

I have it assigned to a HotKey most of the time. I would put it as a signature, but then you get the nasty ------------ thing going on.

Just a thought