puterelf Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 i see that the web severs support ssi, which is good, but it only supports ssi for .shtml file extensions. on an apache setup, it is possible to change this on a directory by directory basis with .htaccess if i were to sign up, ccould i use a .htaccess file to change some of the parameters for my directories? i use .htaccess to change the default index to a file of my choosing (for example, having blog.php be the default index instead of index.html) and more importantly, to parse includes into other files, such as .html. this isn't a big deal, cuz you can do includes in php as well, i just have a basic site ready to go as html files and switching to php will take some time. so to sum up my rather long query: will your servers let me use .htaccess to trick out my directories? BTW: i am a member of a forum hosted with you guys. i hit it probably 20 or more times a day and i am impressed with your uptimes for as low as your prices are. Quote
DVDerek Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 i see that the web severs support ssi, which is good, but it only supports ssi for .shtml file extensions. on an apache setup, it is possible to change this on a directory by directory basis with .htaccess if i were to sign up, ccould i use a .htaccess file to change some of the parameters for my directories? i use .htaccess to change the default index to a file of my choosing (for example, having blog.php be the default index instead of index.html) and more importantly, to parse includes into other files, such as .html. this isn't a big deal, cuz you can do includes in php as well, i just have a basic site ready to go as html files and switching to php will take some time. so to sum up my rather long query: will your servers let me use .htaccess to trick out my directories? BTW: i am a member of a forum hosted with you guys. i hit it probably 20 or more times a day and i am impressed with your uptimes for as low as your prices are. I'm also interested in the answer to this. The sooner it comes, the sooner I sign up!! Quote
puterelf Posted December 11, 2003 Author Posted December 11, 2003 like i said, there are ways around it. you can do includes in php simply enough, and changing the default page can be done with a javascript redirect in the <head> section of the index.html file. i used this technique for a couple of years before i learned more about apache. i prefer the .htaccess method for redirects because it is browserproof. Quote
DVDerek Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 Agreed. I'd still like th ability to work with .htaccess. Not a deal breaker though so I guess I can sign up Quote
TCH-Rick Posted December 11, 2003 Posted December 11, 2003 Yes, you can use .htaccess to do the things that have been mentioned. Quote
puterelf Posted December 12, 2003 Author Posted December 12, 2003 excellent, i'll sign up today :-) Quote
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