Offering content to other sites.

**funpage** · Nov 19, 2000 17:12

Is it possible for me to offer content to put onto other peoples site with the following situation. I have purchased a script which rotates text on a daily basis on my site(http://www.dailyspark.com). I use ssi on my site, but can display the content from a single page, for example: http://dailyspark.com/cgi/daily/dose...okes.txt&jokes

Is there a way I can use javascript or something to offer to put this content on other people's site?

Thanks for any help,
Tim

**etLux** · Nov 20, 2000 00:09

I think properly this may belong in the server-side scripting forum.

However, one simple way is to put the material on a text or html page others can freely access and then call into a frame, iframe, Java applet, etc., on their own sites. That is, however, plainly somewhat limiting.

Server-side, you can script this and have your clients call the script from their sites. But *caution caution caution* here, as this brings up issues concerning your server security.

Another factor to consider is whether or not you want to foot the bandwidth on such inclusionary content. Any way you slice it, if it comes off your server, you're paying the traffic.

**funpage** · Nov 20, 2000 10:19

Thanks for the help, and sorry if this was posted in the wrong forum. I figured how to put it into iframes, but I don't believe iframes works in netscape. I have no idea how to make a java applet.

With the bandwidth, I am currently using very little of what is given to me, and have quite a lot to spare(over 300mb a day).

How does letting people call files on my page a security issue? Isn't it just like letting them use an image that is hosted on my site?

Does anyone else have any other solutions?

Tim

[Edited by funpage on 11-20-2000 at 10:33 AM]

**dndpavlik** · Nov 23, 2000 23:49

Well there are a few ways of doing what I think you are asking, but I am going to have to ask you to please try to explain what you are trying to do again.

So far the best way I know to do this is via XML, and having a data interchange with all other sites that wish to display your content on there site.

If you can explain what you are trying to do I will be able to help you more.

**funpage** · Nov 24, 2000 15:45

Currently I am offering free jokes to other webmasters through a popup window - http://dailyspark.com/link/index.htm. But I want for the content to be easily intergrated into their webpage. I don't know anything about xml, so I might just stick with the way things are right now.

Thanks for your help,
Tim

**Vincent Puglia** · Nov 24, 2000 21:21

Hi funpage,

1) <iframe></iframe> is Microsoft's answer to Netscape's <ilayer></ilayer>

2) Do you want the other site to include your page or just your jokes? If the former, it is a security issue because otherwise unscrupulous (sp?) people would go about swiping entire sites.

3) If you just want to provide them with the jokes (and a credit mention):
One alternative is to place your jokes in an array in a js file and give the other site access to the file. They could then pick myJoke[0], myJoke[3], etc and display it as they prefer.

Vinny

**funpage** · Nov 26, 2000 09:56

Thanks for the help, but with ilayers, when I put it inside of a table, everything gets messed up.

**etLux** · Nov 26, 2000 12:54

Using <ilayer> inside a table tends to give NS a case of terminal layout flatulence.

In that you have positional control over the ilayer, however, you can usually design around it.

**Vincent Puglia** · Nov 27, 2000 12:28

Hi,

I believe etLux is trying to say you should redesign your table so that the iframe/ilayers are outside of the tables. For example:

<table>table above the iframe/ilayer</table>
<table><tr><td>left side of page</td></tr></table>
<script language='javascript'>

</script>
<table>right side of page</table>
<table> table below iframe/ilayer</table>

Vinny