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Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

hullspeed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:14:58 GMT

Aha. I think i said at the start I thought I was missing the obvious. Thank you.

Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

tomkmvp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:07:30 GMT

Right ... but why are you using shtml?

Shouldn't testInclude.html be testInclude.shtml if you want it be processed as SSI?

Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

hullspeed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17:28 GMT

I want to insert the contents of a file (test.shtml) into a web page (testInclude.html).

Sorry about the lack of clarity. From numerous articles on the web, this looked pretty straightforward.

Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

tomkmvp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:09:58 GMT

Just curious - what are you doing that requires SSI?

Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

hullspeed — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:58:14 GMT

I'm trying to use #include to include the text contained in 'test.shtml' in 'testInclude.html'. "View Source" (and the rendered page) should look like

SSI include directive follows this line. <br />
this text is in 'test.shtml'
<br />SSI include directive preceeds this line.

As I read http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms525940.aspx, the #include directive must be in a comment:

Syntax

More generally (ie, not MS) see for example http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/webmaster/article.php/3473341

Re: SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

Rovastar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:30:21 GMT

I must admit I don't really understand what your problem is. What error you are gertting,etc?

But the include lines are commented out in the html is that your intention?

SSI w/ IIS 5.1 doesn't work - same as chanshuk, that soln doesn't fit

hullspeed — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:48:20 GMT

I must be missing something obvious, but I don't know what it is. 'testInclude.html' and 'test.shtml' are in c:/Inetpub/wwwroot. testInclude (from 'view source') looks like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
SSI include directive follows this line. <br />
<!-- #include file="test.shtml" -->
<!-- #include virtual="test.shtml" -->
<br />SSI include directive preceeds this line.
</body>
</html>

Since this is from 'view source', the include directives should not appear but (a) they do and (b) of course the page does not display the included text.

'test.shtml' contains a single line of text:

this text is in 'test.shtml'

In the IIS 'control panel' Properties for  all web sites, .shtm and .shtml are mapped to ssinc.dll in 'system32' and it exists.

what am i missing???