Product Section Page Extention to XML

[ThePrawn]

Hi

I need to use an XML extention on one product page to use as an update feed for Manufacture content update.
The problem is Actinic wont allow XML extention

Any way around this?
Regards
Sean

PS Now have Actinic running fine, but I had to hack into its Database to do external link and turn off preview.
If preview was on it ran slow. If external database was linked in with a custom variable, it ran sssllloooowww (unusable).
If anyone else uses an external database link, which runs ssllllooooww. I could be tempted into writting a open source (Access/VB) link for you all (with instructions). Plus a scheduler, timer and order triggered updater. Email me if interested. I don't have alot of time spare at moment, but this may well be the only work around for a long while.

[Kiran]

Hi Sean,

As far as I'm aware you cannot use XML extensions with Actinic, only html, shtml, php etc. So if anyone else has got this working please let us know as it will help others too.

Kind Regards

[gabrielcrowe]

you have to think outside the box

- enable your server to execute xml as php.

AddHandler php-script .php .htm .html .xml
AddType text/html .php .htm .html .xml

- create a php file that
loads your required htm file and echoes it

<? echo file_get_contents("http://www.yoursite.co.uk/acatalog/page.htm"); ?>

your xml file sill now take the html and display it.

you could also do this with server side includes.

AddType text/html .xml
AddHandler server-parsed .xml

^enables xml to have include directives.