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SSI: The Include Command

Hi, Im using instructions on this page to try to include some navigation on all pages using SSI: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/webmaster/article.php/3473341

the site cart is in PERL, and I can't use PHP.

I go through "Can You Run SSI?" and I can, I see the day of the week on the test page, as long as the extension is shtml.

But when I then add  into my page, I don't get the navigation I've placed. The site is in Bootstrap, could there be some problem there?

the site is dev2.magickitchen.com, user melody. pw attached.

gr8gonzo

An "include virtual" starts looking at the server root. For example, if your directory structure looks like:

/public_html
/virtual
/left-sidebar.shtml

...then your path might need to be:


Optionally, you can just use "include file" if you want to specify a relative path. For example:

Let's say your main page is:
/public_html/index.html

Your includes are in:
/public_html/virtual/left-sidebar.html

In index.html, you would do:


Notice the lack of the initial slash.

Melody Scott

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Thank you. It's still not working, however, if you view the page navigation should appear in the left column.

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Melody Scott

ASKER

That's right, it's shtml, because with the test given on the page I mentioned, html didn't work, but shtml did. I only have one file at the moment, so I'll give this a try. Thanks,

(Oh, also, I do see  line in the source, so it's not trying to call it.

Melody Scott

ASKER

That's just not working, so there must be something server-side that's not allowing it. Thanks for your help.