Filenames (was [Sussex] html and stuff)

[Steve Dobson]

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On 08 May 2003 at 10:48 Gareth Ablett wrote:
> The extension of the file is interpreted by the server so if apache 
> has the format of .blinkythebear in its system as the default then 
> all pages with that extension can be used as html or what ever it 
> is set as. Hence making it possible to use .php .asp ect.

This can be a useful trick.  I use it.  I've configured .html files
for server side include files (SSI check out Apache config) rather than 
.shtml.

I can then generate a website on my local machine using SSI to do
the repetitive parts of the page (like banner, menu, copyright, ...).
Then when I use wget I get some pure html files which I can upload to
my public website.  Okay there are some other stuff I need to do to
but it is a good trick.

Steve