Is it possible to include files outside the 'templates' directory?

I do not mean the <%header%> or <%footer%>, I know how to include them, but would like to have a file that can be incorporated into all my pages that links builds PLUS the other pages that I develop myself outside of links.

I would like to use SSI on my own pages, but am aware there is a problem with SSI with cgi generated pages, so rather than keep two sets of files, I want to develop one file and call it as follows:-

1. All Links pages
<%include /path/to/abc.txt%>

2. Other pages (non 'links')

< SSI include directive /path/to/abc.txt> (I can't seem to use the example I wanted to here for obvious reasons!).

Is this possible OR would I need to change the Templates Directory. (I cannot use SSI to call files located under the CGI Bin Directory).

Thanks in advance,

Regards,


Clint

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What you can do is the following:

1) Add the following variables in the Links.pm file:



2) Then add the following sub in your HTML_Templates.pm OR Links.pm file:



3) Then in the %GLOBALS hash section of the HTML_Templates.pm file, add the following global tag configuration:



NOTE: If you put this at the end of the list, you do not need a comma.

4) Then in all your template files, you can use:



Of course, you can change the names of the variables and sub to fit what you need.

Good luck!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Great Idea! Actually with a couple of changes I imagine I could point to the 'directory' of where the includes were, thus enabling me to have a number of different includes.

Thanks very much.

Regards,

Clint.

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Yes...you could. Perl is a very flexible language and the possibilities are endless...although with SQL...it is a bit more challenging.

Regards,

Eliot Lee