Hi,

I am desperately trying to implement SSI. It's seems OK when pre-viewing
in DW, but after uploading to the remote server (unix), the file I want
to be attached by SSI doesn't show up in the page(s).

Facts about the set-up:

The pages are applied to a template with a table. The SSI-attached file
is the site menu and it's supposed to go in to one of the table's cells.
The pages (with the SSI-attached menu included) goes into one frame in a
frameset consisting of two frames.

Here's the questions:

1. There's a lot of links in this. The menu (that's SSI'ied into the
page) has about 25 links to other pages plus 5 images. Then the SSI link
itself. How is it about relative, absolute or URL linking? I've heard
that SSI is extremely sensitive to the wrong kind of link. Which am I
supposed to use? (aahh, to make it extra difficult: three of the links
in the menu goes to documents located at other servers, hence with
http:// linking. Plus one link MUST be an URL because it goes to the
cgi-bin)

2. Should I use virtual or file SSI?

3. Any other aspect I don't even know about?

Sorry for long Q. But I think you'd need the background to give an
adequate reply. Thanks in advance

Dan

Originally posted by Dani
1. There's a lot of links in this. The menu (that's SSI'ied into the
page) has about 25 links to other pages plus 5 images. Then the SSI link
itself. How is it about relative, absolute or URL linking? I've heard
that SSI is extremely sensitive to the wrong kind of link. Which am I
supposed to use? (aahh, to make it extra difficult: three of the links
in the menu goes to documents located at other servers, hence with
http:// linking. Plus one link MUST be an URL because it goes to the
cgi-bin)

All your links should be absolute

2. Should I use virtual or file SSI?

Virtual works the best.

Hope that helps!

Hi Matthew,

Thanks f reply.
Just to clarify:

1.Absolute links meaning from servers root, like e.g. /client/web/w/user/directory/, right?

2. But the virtual link to the SSI'ied documentitself, should that one be absolute, too?

Sorry to be a pan in the ***, but I've been at this for three days now....

Dan

For this SSI you would use this:

<!--#include virtual="../watever/file.html"-->

For this links you would use links like http://www.yourdomian.com/folder/file.html

Hope that helps!

Hi Matthew,

Sorry to be such a bonehead, but I've tried every possible combination and it still doesn't work. I'm beginning to think that the host need to do something with the server to make it work. I mailed them four days ago about this, but they aren't the quickest guys on earth.....

So, the SSI link should be RELATIVE (<!--#include virtual="../watever/file.html"-->)

And the links in the SSI'ed menu should be URL's.

None should actually be absolute, then..... Well, as I wrote, I have tried every combination, including this. So, I'll have to wait to hear from the support anyway. (sigh....)

Thanks

Dan

Also all your SSI files should be named whatever.shtml not whatever.html

Edit.

People!

For five days and numerous mails, the support staff at the host had me believe that they had their server configured for SSI.
Today, I finally made a simple test, and it turned out that it was not. Five consecutive days out the drain, and I installed the little .htaccess script that made it work myself.

So, with a few minor adjustments, everything is working like charm.

Thanks everybody for your input. As I began doubting my sanity, and I think a few of you did, too.

D