server side includes

I cannot find the configuration folder in windows xp
home version to change the user configurations you are talking about.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
MX\Configuration (In Windows XP, this folder may be inside a hidden folder).


i don't use windows so the exact menu names may be wrong but should be
close- possible ways to open the folder:


open the C drive.
Use the View menu -->Folder Options in that window to enable "Show system
folders" and "Show hidden files"

go to Start-->My Computer and Right-click on MY Computer.
use the EXPLORE choice in the right-click menu.
As far as i know- Windows Explorer will show hidden folders as slightly
dimmed. If you own them, you can open and Explore them. You own Your
document and settings folder.

look for Documents and Settings-->Your-Username

hello- did you look at my urls. you did not comment if there was anything
wrong with ssi file???


Originally posted by: Newsgroup User

I cannot find the configuration folder in windows xp
home version to change the user configurations you are talking about.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
MX\Configuration (In Windows XP, this folder may be inside a hidden folder).


i don't use windows so the exact menu names may be wrong but should be
close- possible ways to open the folder:


open the C drive.
Use the View menu -->Folder Options in that window to enable "Show system
folders" and "Show hidden files"

go to Start-->My Computer and Right-click on MY Computer.
use the EXPLORE choice in the right-click menu.
As far as i know- Windows Explorer will show hidden folders as slightly
dimmed. If you own them, you can open and Explore them. You own Your
document and settings folder.

look for Documents and Settings-->Your-Username

The "Application Data" folder is hidden by default on WinXP. I am using
WinXP Pro, so the path may be slightly different, but give this a try:

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Menu: Tools > Folder Options...
3. Go to: View tab
4. Open: "Files and Folders" > "Hidden files and folders"
5. Select: "Show hidden files and folders"
6. Click OK

Hope this helps,
Randy

I cannot find the configuration folder in windows xp
home version to change the user configurations you are talking about.

well I finally found how to view the ssi extension in design view thanks to all
your help!
it was hereas you said)
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/add_ext_mx.htm
under-The MMDocumentTypes.xml file

I do want to say one thing...

I am not an expert user in dreamweavermx2004 ( I use frontpage ) and my client
using dwmx2004 is only a beginner. I had to convert a frontpage site to dw so
she could use it. All the frontpage "include pages" had to be converted to
dreamweavers way. To do this, I used the macromedia reference:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/create_ssi.htm as
the source for how to insert ssi in dreamweaver. I followed it exactly using
the extension they recommend -ssi. nowhere in there does it mention you won't
be able to view or change your ssi files in design view or how to add the ssi
extension to the MMDocumentTypes.xml file. It seems a little ridiculous they
used the ssi extension as the example failing to fill you in on this. why use
it as the example? why not just have the ssi extension already in the
MMDocumentTypes.xml file ?

anyways thanks for all your help but it really was alot of unnecessary
confusion...should have been there already or the article on how to do this
should not use the ssi extension as the example.

don't know what they picked the .ssi file extension out of a hat in that
article.

but- from the beginning i suggested that you could rename the included
files from .ssi to .html and just leave them as .html

It seems a little ridiculous they
used the ssi extension as the example failing to fill you in on this. why use
it as the example? why not just have the ssi extension already in the
MMDocumentTypes.xml file ?

yes I know you did tell me to do that. I was a little overwhelmed with it all
and really was not as focused as I should have been. Could not get past why
following the macromedia article on this process was not working for me. I
still think they should add a few more extensions in there and make it a little
more user friendly for the nonprogrammers. Thanks for sticking with me though.
It took me a day to listen to you but I came around :-)