UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications V6 Mod Ideas UBB 6 Mod Request

Would anyone be able to either show me how or create a hack/mod to allow linking to a file for the header and footer that u can specify for each page, it would be ideal for me that way when i update the header of my website, i would not have to copy the html code into the cp, it would be a really handy hack and would definatly get my praise!

just use ssi... you stick your ssi code in the header&footer and then modify the included files if you need to change...

ah cool thanks, but it would still be a nice hack to have like a input field u enter the file path and away u go, for the people who dont know SSI (like me)

so what code would i use?, i tried and all it prints is the above and not the actual file? any ideas, or enliten me further please

use this:
if you need to access a file in another dir...

[ 01-19-2002 02:36 PM: Message edited by: pumpkin ]

i found cgi would not work, in the end i found out how i could hack the UBB to do it, simple solution go into public_common.pl find the header, above the header go $header = &openfileasvar(filename);

then inside the header when u want to add the page just type $header and it includes the file, u can see it doing it at www.themodplace.co.uk

For cgi you have to use #exec cgi (I believe) and in most cases you have to name your pages with SSI with the .shtml extension.

my way cuts out all the hastle, anyway thanks for everyones help