SSI includes not working

[klubrant]

I think I have a problem. I included this statement:

<!--#include virtual="/includes/something.txt"#-->

(I also tried:
<!--#include virtual="/includes/something.htm"#-->


in the middle of a web page. When I check the page source online, the INCLUDE file is there, but NO other source code (the normal web site code) is not. Therefore the page is not complete and bombs out.

I guess my question is:
Can you have a SSI call in the MIDDLE of the page? I would think you can.

Here is the code for my include file:
******
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#003366" valign="middle">
<div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="s2"><a href="/contest">Online Contest</a></font></div>
</td>
<td valign="middle">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
</table>
******
In case you need MORE reading material, here is where I call the include (Keep in mind that this is in the middle of the source code. I did not want to print the ENTIRE web page. It is pretty big!!!:

<table BORDER=0 topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" topborder="0" leftborder="0" CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<div align="left"><font size="1"><a href="../tellafriend" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image21','','../graphic/tellon.gif',1)"><img name="Image21" border="0" src="../graphic/tellafriend.gif" width="127" height="26" alt="tell a friend"></a></font></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="left"><font size="1"><a href="/postcard" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image22','','../graphic/poston.gif',1)"><img name="Image22" border="0" src="../graphic/postcard.gif" width="127" height="40" alt="send postcard"></a></font></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="left"><!--#include virtual="/includes/something.txt"#--></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="left"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
*************

After it inserts the INLCUDE FILE, the page stops loading. Thank you very much for your help!

[westmich]

Yes, you can place the SSI anywhere in a page. Did you add an .shtml extension to the page the SSI is in?

[mingham]

If .shtml does not work, make sure that it is enabled on your server. If that does not work, bust out one of these bad boys:
<? include("file.html") ?>
It's php and if it's enabled on your server it will do the same as .shtml.

[klubrant]

Thanks for your post!

I already have a CGI-Counter on my page...I cannot go to PHP. The includes work because my counter works. Is there a different INCLUDE syntax?

(p.s. - The extension is .shtml)

Thanks

[Sahti]

I think it is the '#' at the end of the ssi construct. Take that out and it should work. Good luck
--Bil

[goober]

I believe Sahti is correct. I've never seen two '#'s in an include statement. Also, did you know that just typing this line of code:

<!--#include file="include.inc"-->

will inlcude a virtual path as well. I had some trouble using the 'virtual' statment, but when doing it regularly it worked fine.

[klubrant]

Thanks for everybody's responses!
I am not at my computer now, but when I am, I will give it another whirl!

Thanks a bunch for your help!

[KeithMcL]

Yes, you should remove the last # and instead of using virtual="filename.txt" try using file="filename.txt" instead and have the text file in the same folder as the .shtml file and see if it works.

Don't forget to give the webpage a .shtml extention instead so the server knows it's a server side include file.

rgds,

[goober]

Keith,

I believe I said that.

[WP1]

Hi klubrant,

Check out this tutorial at UseForSite.com.

Also check out this article by Matt Mickiewicz of "SitePoint".

I think these two reference will help you out.

WP