ssi and sub folders

Hi-
I'm using the method described here

http://www.andreas.com/faq-ssi.html

to change the ssi's I originally did as php / .inc. Worked beautifully for the pages in the root folder, using

<!--#include file="ssi-mainheader1.html" -->

to call the include, and an .htaccess file that says "AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html" to get around the .shtml thing. Just like it said in the article.

But, when I go to change pages in subfolders, I can't get the include right. I thought it would be <!--#include file="../ssi-mainheader1.html" -->, but I get a processing error on the page. I tried using the same include as on the root pages, I tried <!--#include file='../ssi-mainheader1.html' -->, I tried the absolute path of <!--#include file="www.mainsite.com/ssi-mainheader1.html" -->, still got nowhere. I even tried moving the .htaccess file into the subfolder.

I finally loaded the include files into each subfolder, but that kind of defeats the purpose of using an include. Help! I'm sure the correct command exists, but I can't find it. As you can tell, I am pretty much a noob, learning as I go. Thanks for any help.

Haven't used SSI in along time but try using a full path instead of a relative one:

<!--#include file="/ssi-mainheader1.html" -->

Thanks, but that didn't work either. It makes no sense!

Make sure you have the path right. Try using the full path on the server, too.

It's not clear to me what you mean? I tried using

<!--#include file="www.domainname.com/ssi-mainheader1.html" -->

Is that the full path? What is meant by the full path for the server?

I really appreciate the time! I have a new menu to post, but don't want to do it until I get this include figured out.

Solved it!
Found this http://www.tdscripts.com/ssi.html in a thread, which said if you are not in the root folder, you need to use <!--#include virtual="/ssi-mainheader1.html" -->, virtual for file. Works great now.