PHP include content frozen

Hi,
I’m just putting together a simple portfolio site using php includes. I don’t know too much php, but I use includes often at work. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I can see the content in the header include, but I can’t interact with it (can’t click the links or highlight the text). The footer include is working fine.

Silent Sky Design - Victoria BC Web and Graphic Designer Crystal Rothwell

This is all there is in the index file:

<?php include("ssi/header.php"); ?>
<h1>Featured Work</h1>

<?php include("ssi/footer.php"); ?>

I have a wordpress blog installed in the main level of the site. Maybe there is something in the .htaccess or another file that is causing this…

I noticed that it seems to be working fine in IE8, but not in Firefox or Chrome.

Thanks for your help.

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I don’t know why, but as soon as I put more content in there, it worked. If anyone knows why that would happen, I still wouldn’t find hearing it for next time.