Server Side Include files not working

#1

Using DW8 trial version, Windows XP. Intending to buy if I can get this
resolved. When I insert an include page, instead of the included page appearing
as it should, the included content is prefaced by this line:

"Untitled Document </head>".

The closing head tag is highlighted in yellow. Directly after that tag is my
included content, but not the rest of the main page. It's all just gone.

When I go to code view and remove the include code it gives an error message
about the page being tied to a template, which it's not.

What shows in the browswer, locally as well as on the server, is the original
page, without my included info. I've tried using .shtml, etc. , but nothing
changes this.

I see others have had similar problems, but don't see if there was a
resolution. Any ideas out there?

Thanks...

-Jesse

#2

Can you provide links for the page and include page?

#3

Thanks, Radio Guy.

I've tried this on a number of different site mockups and it happens
repeatedly. Here are links to two simple pages:

Main page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/main.html
Include page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/include.html

Three table cells. The include page is supposed to show in the middle one. In
the browser it doesn't show anything except an empty cell. In Dreamweaver
design view it shows the odd "Untitled document" statement.

Appreciate any feedback.

-Jesse

#4

Quote:

Main page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/main.html
Include page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/include.html

1) your main page should have the extension .shtml or .shtm (unless you are
running a dynamic page - .php, .asp etc) so the server knows to parse the
include directive correctly (i.e it knows to to go find the include snippet
somewhere else on the server and insert it into the main page).

2) your include file should contain nothing other than the code fragment
which is to be inserted into the main page.

If you look at the source code of your include page, it has a complete HTML
structure include <head> and <body> tags which it cannot contain. It appears
that you've created a HTML page in Dreamweaver, typed your content and saved
it as "include.html".
You need to open "include.html", go into Code View and delete everything
except the words "These words are the include content ".

For a useful overview of SSI:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/14380

http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/pmm/user_guide/site_wide/includes/overview.htm

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Regards

John Waller

#5

hi yea,
the page hosting the ssi will in your case need to be called main.shtml,
the include itself can be called anything i think. me if using shtml pages
then I usuly called the incudes whatever.txt

regards

Kenny

"JesseLY" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Thanks, Radio Guy.

I've tried this on a number of different site mockups and it happens
repeatedly. Here are links to two simple pages:

Main page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/main.html
Include page: http://www.jesseyoung.com/testing/include.html

Three table cells. The include page is supposed to show in the middle one.
In
the browser it doesn't show anything except an empty cell. In Dreamweaver
design view it shows the odd "Untitled document" statement.

Appreciate any feedback.

-Jesse

#6

Thanks, everyone. I have it working now. Since I've been using Go Live and
"another web program" for years, I was accustomed to the way those programs
handled SSI. With those programs you can, in fact, simply include another full
html page into another.

Thanks, again. (and let's not start any flaming about those other progams. :-)

-Jesse

#7

Glad you got it sorted.

Quote:

Thanks, again. (and let's not start any flaming about those other progams.
:-)

Other than the fact that their 'smoke and mirrors' prevented you from
understanding the reality of using Server-side includes, you mean? 8)

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"JesseLY" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Thanks, everyone. I have it working now. Since I've been using Go Live and
"another web program" for years, I was accustomed to the way those
programs
handled SSI. With those programs you can, in fact, simply include another
full
html page into another.

Thanks, again. (and let's not start any flaming about those other progams.
:-)

-Jesse

#8

An additional aspect to this situation, one that I'm not too concerned about,
is that the include content doesn't show when previewing in browser locally,
only on the server (which makes sense). But the Dreamweaver help file
specifically says:

"With Dreamweaver you can preview documents just as they?ll appear after
they?re on the server, both in the Design view and when you preview in a
browser."

#9

Have you enabled includes in your preferences?

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"JesseLY" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

An additional aspect to this situation, one that I'm not too concerned
about,
is that the include content doesn't show when previewing in browser
locally,
only on the server (which makes sense). But the Dreamweaver help file
specifically says:

"With Dreamweaver you can preview documents just as they?ll appear after
they?re on the server, both in the Design view and when you preview in a
browser."

#10

Yup, "show contents of included file" is checked. My first issue was resolved. Are you saying that I *should* be able to preview the includes in the browser locally?

-Jesse