Parse HTML

HTML is normally sent to the client exactly as it exists on disk without any server intervention. However, the server can search HTML files for special commands (that is, it can parse the HTML) before sending documents. If you want the server to parse these files and insert request-specific information or files into documents, you must first enable HTML parsing.

Use this page to configure the server to search HTML files for special commands (that is, it can parse the HTML).

The following table describes the fields and buttons on the page. The left column lists the fields and buttons; the right column describes the functionality.

Field or Button
Description

Editing

Choose Entire Server to apply your change to the whole virtual server, or navigate to a specific directory within a virtual server.

Activate server-parsed HTML

Specifies whether server-parsed HTML is activated. The choices are:

  • No. The server does not parse HTML.

  • Yes, with exec tag. The server parses HTML and allows HTML files to execute arbitrary programs on the server.

  • Yes, without exec tag. The server parses HTML, but does not allow HTML files to execute arbitrary programs on the server. You might not want to allow the exec tag for security or performance reasons.

Parse which files

Specifies which files the server will parse. The choices are:

  • Files with the extension .shtml. The server parses only files with the extension .shtml. In this case, all files you want to parse must have the .shtml extension. This is the most common (and default) choice.

  • Files with the execute bit and the extension .shtml (UNIX). Parse files whose UNIX permissions specify that the execute bit is on. Using the execute permissions can be unreliable because some files that are not executable have the bit set.

  • All HTML files. The server parses all its HTML files. Choosing this option can slow your server's performance.

Browse

Allows you to browse the file system and choose a portion of the server.

Wildcard

Specifies a wildcard pattern to edit.

OK

Saves your changes.

Reset

Resets the values on the page to the default values.


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