Alias to a file located on an FTP server

[Timmargh]

Not sure if this is in the right forum ...

On my website, I use server side includes to add the content of various text files to my pages, several of which tell people the last CD I bought, the last thing I saw at the cinema etc.

Is there any way I can have aliases to these text files - which are located on the FTP server my site is stored on - so I can simply open/edit/save them for the changes to be reflected on my site?

I can access them via Finder but only get read-only access.

 

[uoba]

You can use includes (such as PHP etc.) You could then include the text from an external file outside of your site folder (as long as you have read access to it etc.)

Even something simple like BBEdit will allow you to do similar includes, out of plain vanilla HTML.