display a part of another page

[kazuki]

Hi,
I am running a website where I update articles regularly. All articles are listed in a page called articles.html and I want the first 4-5 articles (recent ones) to be displayed in the same order in index.html.... Should I edit index.html every time I add a new article? Is there a way around?

[Charles]

You just need a little crafty, server-side scripting. What do you have available? PHP? Perl?

[ray326]

When you find out what server languages you have available then look for some blogging (simple CMS) software that runs on that.

[Charles]

When you find out what server languages you have available then look for some blogging (simple CMS) software that runs on that.That might be a bit more power and trouble than you need. But if you don't know how to program and aren't willing to learn then doing it yourself might be out of the question.

[kazuki]

i have php. may be i should go for cms scripts.... thanks.

[aussie girl]

are you displaying the full article on the index.html file as well or just a couple of sentences?

[ray326]

Check out some of the simpler PHP-based blogs. As Charles says, it might be overkill but reinventing the wheel is often the most expensive route.