----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:08
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Includes/ASP
in Web Templates
The email is not plugged into the main site just
yet.... putting the wraps on the signup and help pages and expect to launch it
next week.
Mike
Below is the LOADJS.ASP code which I use to
format and send back any standard html file.
NOTE: the ReturnTextFileAsString function is not
included... it does exactly that...opens a textfile, loads it into a string,
closes the text file, and returns the string...
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<%
response.buffer=TRUE
response.expires=0
%>
<!--� Copyright Starphire.commerce 1999, All Rights
Reserved-->
<%
' get the querystring
jsfn=xxxxx.html
htmlfilename =
trim(request.querystring("jsfn"))
if htmlfilename <> ""
then
' confirm that the file exists
before attempting to open and read it
htmlfilepath =
server.mappath("/misc/javascript/" & htmlfilename)
if fileexists(htmlfilepath)
then
response.write "document.writeln(""" &
filterforjavascript(ReturnTextFileAsString(htmlfilepath)) &
""");"
else
response.write "file does not
exist"
end if
end if
' this function replaces CR/LF's with a space and
all double quotes with a single quote
function
filterforjavascript(htmlstr)
filterforjavascript =
replace(replace(htmlstr,VbCrLf," "), """", "'")
end function
%>
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999
10:53 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Includes/ASP
in Web Templates
Congratulations. This is very clever, and works
nicely. I also like the website, and spent too much time looking at the
fishing "stuff". I need to go back to look at more. One question, how do you
return to the email screen after you leave it? I also like the changes to
the look and feel of the templates. I would still be interested in seeing
the .ASP that does the loading of the frames.
Mark
If you would like to see the resulting web
templates I have set up a demo account for everyone to use... I will keep
it open for a few days only..
username = demo
password = demo
The Header, SideBar, and Footer on each page
are generated using the Javascript method described below... All we have
to do to change all of them is make one change to the HTML file which the
javascript loads and all the web templates get the new
sidebar.
I would appreciate any feedback or problems
anyone encounters...
Mike Murdock
CIO
FishingLife.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999
10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Includes/ASP in Web Templates
ASP's are usually pretty small, would
anyone object if he posted it to the list? I would love to see
this. Great innovative thinking Mark! Bravo!
-V
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 01,
1999 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum]
Includes/ASP in Web Templates
Please post it, I am interested. If you need
to attach and email it directly, please send it to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].
Mark
Topic: How to mix ASP and Static Web
Messaging Templates to produce dynamic content in Imail Web
Messaging.
A while back I posted a query on how to
get common HTML included in all the web messaging templates without
having to cut and paste into each one. This has to be a common
problem for anyone doing a serious makeover of the look-and-feel of
the web interface. The problem for us was that we wanted to include
a common header, sidebar, and footer on each page. These might
change from time to time and the prospect of having to edit the 50
or so web templates each time was giving me a huge
headache.
I tried using the mailwelc.txt file but
it's size limitation and other quirkyness made this unworkable...
Additionally many of you have been
discussing the desire to use ASP with Imail Web Messaging. While not
the ideal solution (I would much prefer an Object API into the Imail
engine directly) I have come up with
a pretty good solution for doing dynamic includes and executing ASP
within the web templates using JavaScript..
The solution is to include the
following JavaScript in each web template..
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"
SRC="http://www.yourdomain.com/asp/loadjs.asp?jsfn=top.html"></script>
The loadjs.asp could be any asp you
want to execute that puts out HTML.. The catch is that the ASP
must send back properly formatted Javascript. So all you have to do
is ..
Response.Write
"document.writeln(""<h1>This is the HTML to send
back</h1>"");"
Using this method your ASP can go do
what ever it needs to and send back the results to the browser. It
works great for including dynamic ads, rotating content or any other
common code you want on every template page.
The loadjs.asp script I developed is
designed to take a querystring "jsfn=file.html", load that html,
format it into a proper javascript document.writeln command and
send it back to the browser.
If anyone is interested I would be
happy to post the jsfn.asp code for all to use...
Mike Murdock
CIO
FishingLife.com
