Page Extension?

[zucciltd]

Any idea if you can change the default extension of the pages from html to php?

With our new design we're planning on having a list of brands down the left side of the page (a pretty big list) but rather than having to go through an update changing every page when we add a new brand I'd rather use a PHP include and just change the one file.

Any idea if this is possible?

Thanks.

[Duncan Rounding]

This was mentioned some time ago - you may be able to search and find the thread. I think it was one for the v7 wish list but may be wrong.

[NormanRouxel]

If you can't change the extension and this list isn't needed for search engines then you could always include them as follows:
Add this bit of code to the bottom of actiniccore.js (it's borrowed from the V8 version).

/***********************************************************************
*
* HtmlInclude		-	Parses the page for <a href> tags and if any found 
*							with rel="fragment" attribute then create an XMLHTTP
*							request to download the referenced file and insert the
*							file content in place of the referring tag.
*							In case of error just leave it as is.
*
*	NOTE: this function is automatically attached to the onload event handler
*	therefore this processing is done on all pages where this js file is included.
*
* Returns:				nothing
*
* Author:				Zoltan Magyar
*
************************************************************************/

function HtmlInclude() 
	{ 
	var req;
	//
	// Check browser type
	//
	if (typeof(XMLHttpRequest) == "undefined") 	// IE
		{ 
		try 
			{ 
			req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); 
			} 
		catch(e) 
			{ 
			try 
				{ 
				req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
				} 
			catch(e) 										// no luck?
				{ 
				return; 										// nothing to do then
				} 
			} 
		} 
	else 														// Mozzila
		{  
		req = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
		} 
	//
	// Get <a href> tags and iterate on them
	//
	var tags = document.getElementsByTagName("A"); 
	var i; 
	for (i = 0; i < tags.length; i++) 
		{ 
		//
		// Check if we got "fragment" as rel attribute
		//
		if (tags[i].getAttribute("rel") == "fragment") 
			{
			try
				{
				//
				// Try to pull the referenced file from the server
				//
				req.open('GET', tags[i].getAttribute("href"), false); 
				if (document.characterSet) 
					{
					req.overrideMimeType("text/html; charset=" + document.characterSet);
					}
				req.send(null); 
				if (req.status == 200) 					// got the content?
					{ 
					//
					// Replace the reference with the pulled in content
					//
					var span = document.createElement("SPAN"); 
					span.innerHTML = req.responseText; 
					tags[i].parentNode.replaceChild(span, tags[i]);
					} 
				}
			catch(e)											// couldn't pull it from the server (maybe preview)
				{
				return;										// don't do anything then
				}
			} 
		} 
	} 

//
// The following lines will automatically parse all the pages 
// where this script is included by attaching the HtmlInclude
// function to the onload event.
//
if (window.attachEvent) 								// IE 
	{ 
	window.attachEvent("onload", HtmlInclude); 
	} 
else 															// DOM
	{  
	window.addEventListener("load", HtmlInclude, false); 
	}

And then where you want the file (prodnames.html) to appear just have

<a href="prodnames.html" rel="fragment"></a>

You may need to upload prodnames.html via Advanced / Additional Files.

[gabrielcrowe]

this is a very clever way to go about things.

i love this technique. nice and simple.

but not SEO friendly.