> How about creating a template for the page and tag it where you want > to table to be inserted, then use perl to merge the template w/the > contents of the tab-delimited file? Sounds good -- any recommendations for a book (or web site) that would help me get started doing relatively simple perl stuff like this. Thanks, Ben > > Greg > > > ---------- > > From: Ben Luey[SMTP:lueyb at gridley.acns.carleton.edu] > > Reply To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 9:17 AM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: [TCLUG] generating static web page (php?) > > > > Hello, > > > > I want to make a relatively simple static web page (my host > > doesn't support cgi or php or anything). But I want it prety easy to > > update and having a somewhat large table burried in the html that I'll > > want to change often makes me think that I don't want to be editing the > > raw html directly all the time. > > > > Ideally, I'd like parts of the web page to be generated by reading a text > > file (including the table in maybe a tab deliminated file) and then I > > could use perl or php or something? to make the static web page. I'd then > > just have to make changes to these text files and run a script to update > > the page. Also, maybe a good html editor that worked well with tables but > > kept the code pretty clean would work, but so far I haven't found one. > > > > Suggestions on the best way to do this. I'm thinking php, but maybe that's > > overkill. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >