Adding include files in html

[emanuelle]

I am making a demo in HTML.
How do I add include?
Only .js include work?

[mburt]

I'm not sure what you're asking, maybe if you could clarify the situation, I would be able to answer.

[blm126]

HTML can only be included server side.

[shachi]

Try Hinclude.

[Twey]

That's not HTML.

[mwinter]

Try Hinclude.

Though I respect Mark Nottingham's work regarding HTTP caching, I find this rather questionable. Were it to be used in a purely XHTML context - that is, XHTML served with an appropriate XHTML content type - it would be somewhat respectable. However, the demonstration itself is served as HTML, and no doubt others would use it in a similar fashion. In that context, the markup is completely bogus. The code itself is also of dubious quality: there's not a hint of feature detection, and the exception handling will cause older browsers to error out unconditionally.

Even the use "as-is" within an XHTML document is questionable as the XInclude specification already provides for agent-driven inclusion, and is already supported by some XML processors.


Content inclusion should be performed server-side, using either SSI (server-side includes) or a language like PHP. Mark's apparent nod towards caching seems to be ignoring the fact that the output from server-generated content can be cached on the server and later served without regeneration (unless desired due to a change in the data source). He also seems to be ignoring the obvious problems related to relying on client-side scripting.

Mike