server side includes

[jimberger]

Hello,

I have a .shtml page that includes other html pages. When i goto it it says cannot find file /location/htmlpage.html where the html page should go.

however when i type in the url for the html page the web server lets me view them. i have set Options includes in the directory directive in apache - any ideas why this wont work?

jim

 

[RhythmAce]

Check to make sure these lines are in your httpd.conf file.

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php4 index.php3 index.phtml index.cgi
</IfModule>

AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

With SSI 'include file' includes you should use a relative path to the calling document. Absolute paths don't work. For example :

<!--#include file=htmlpage.html&quot;-->

Alternatively and preferably, you can use 'include virtual' where the 'path' is a relative URL :

<!--#include virtual=/whatever/htmlpage.html&quot;-->

You also need in httpd.conf (or .htaccess):

Options +Includes

Hope this helps