Re: Replacement for SSI

[David Webster <cog@seul.org>]

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Donovan Rebbechi wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, David Webster wrote:
> 
> > I toyed with the idea of using SSI for the header and footer, but decided
> > against it. Instead I wrote a bash script that automatically adds the
> > header and footer to my page.
> 
> This is how I used to maintain the site and I got no end of complaints. It
> makes things more difficult because you need to explain to all the
> maintainers how your script(s) work. At the end of the day, the main
> maintainer will be the only one who understands how the site works ( which
> is potentially a very bad thing )

Fair point. I 'spose it is a good idea when there is one maintainer for
the site, but as more get involved, everyone has to know how things work
(which means communication).
 
> Right now, we're using SSI, it works, and I don't see a good reason to
> remove it.

Fair enough.
 
David
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