trying to add an HTML file to an existing HTML

[at1knowitall]

I have a forms drop down file and a go button that I have put in its own file (Formsmenu.html) and I want to include the formsmenu.html file in each of my webpages in a certain spot, but I can't call the file. Any suggestions.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Foamcow]

How are you trying to do it?

You need to use SSI or another server side language.

Additionally, the file you are including shouldn't be a complete HTML document, but rather a snippet of HTML.

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[at1knowitall]

I am trying to include it any way I can. Any Suggestions

 

[Vragabond]

Well, you basically have 3 options:

1. Use server-side includes. That way you will need a support for that on your server. Ask your provider what kind of options they allow.
2. Use an iframe.
3. Do it with Javascript.

1 is preferred and 3 should be avoided. For 1 and 3 you would include only a snippet of HTML like Foamcow said (no html, head and body tags and so on) and for 2 you would include the entire html file.

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[Foamcow]

You need to give us more info such as:

1. The actual code you are using to try and do it.
2. The server side technologies you have available.

For example, using PHP you would do this:

<?php
include("path/file.html");
?>

Using SSI you would do:

<!--#include virtual="path/file.html" -->

Google can be very helpful in these circumstances
[google]SSI[/google]
[google]server side include[/google]

It would be much easier (and preferable) to help and not refer you to a search engine, if you showed us what methods you had tried already and what wasn't working for you.
For instance, it may just be a problem with your path or you might have the SSI syntax wrong - we can't tell from the info posted.

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[chrismassey]

In Perl you could do this

- open your text editor, and save file as script.pl
- write code type code below into script.pl
- your HTML forms action should be "script.pl"
- the name of the form drop down menu should be "ddmenu"

!# usr/bin/perl;
use strict;

#link to form drop down menu
$ddmenu = param('ddmenu');

- To open a file in Perl you would use this
- Include your path to the file

open (LOG, "PathToYourFile.html") || Error('open', 'file');
flock (LOG, 2) || Error('lock', 'file');
my @log = <LOG>;
close (LOG) || Error ('close', 'file');

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

#Print the contents of the file
print "@log";

Although, I don't fully understand what you are trying to achieve therefore I cannot write specific code

Chris