Generally, a .shtml page would get preprocessed too.

And that index.htm 'problem' isn't really a problem.  Well, eh... if you
don't hate frames...

Just add a single frame frameset that calls index.asp


- Kayjey -
www.fiatcoupe.net


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens Louise Dade
> Verzonden: donderdag 15 november 2001 12:37
> Aan: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> Onderwerp: Re: NT Server -- first time user
> 
> 
> >>> - Do I have to use an .asp extension to run ASP pages,
> > Yes, there is a way to do this, but it's not advisable 
> because if it is an
> > NT4 box, then every page must be parsed by the asp 
> interpreter which can
> > hurt the number of concurrent users that the server can 
> support.  On Win2k
> > boxes that isn't the case.
> 
> I should point out that I do not have access to the actual 
> server machine...
> this is only a *hosted* website, I only have FTP and Telnet 
> access, as a
> normal user.  That is why I was hoping there is a method similar to
> .htaccess.
> 
> I have gone with every page as .asp now anyway (so the SSI 
> works), but I
> have now encountered a problem.  The server is set up so that 
> index.asp does
> NOT work as the default page for a directory, only index.htm 
> seems to work.
> Again, is there a way of over-riding this from a user's 
> perspective, or am I
> going to have to set up a gateway page that automatically 
> redirects users to
> index.asp?
> 
> > Chilisoft makes an asp interpreter for apache  
> http://www.chilisoft.com
> 
> Aha... I see that the Chilisoft interpreter isn't free - not 
> by a long shot!
> I did find Apache:Asp (www.apache-asp.org ), but that only works with
> perscript ASP.  I'll have to change the code from VBscript to 
> perlscript --
> oy, what a pain in the asp!
> 
> > I would leave the extensions though and use Visual Interdev 
> to create the
> > asp pages. Visual Interdev uses the front page extensions 
> to connect to
> the
> 
> It's not a large site, and the ASP is only for the navigation 
> bar (an .asp
> include which has ASP code in it) and forms.
> 
> Thanks for the pointers!
> 
> Louise
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