Local Apache won't parse SSI's?

LeafWind · 06-07-1999, 01:19 PM

I got a local version of Apache running a couple weeks ago, then had to set it aside to deal with a few other projects.
Now I'm wanting to test a local revision of my website before uploading it, specifically, this new revision relies much more heavily on SSI's.

The problem: it will not parse the ssi's when I open the local copies of the pages in my browser. It just ignores the include directives as if they were comments. I know my syntax is the same as I use on the FQ server.

In my httpd.conf file, the only lines that seem to apply to SSI's read as follows:

Code Sample:

 

#

# To use server-parsed HTML files

#

AddType text/html .shtml

AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

Uncommenting those lines is all I have done to try to make SSI's work, as nothing else seemed relevent. Is there anything else I need to do? Checking my SSI's before I upload is at least half the reason I installed Apache locally.

Any ideas or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bekariso
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**Terra** · 06-07-1999, 05:41 PM

In your primary <Directory> container, do you have the the following... e.g. is from FQuest configs (sorta)

<Directory "/big/dom">
blah blah blah
Options Indexes Includes ExecCGI
blah blah blah
</Directory>

The key item is the 'Includes' one, as this will tell Apache that SSI is allowed at this directory and below... It also turns on the parsing of .shtml files and enables the AddType/AddHandler directives...

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Terra
--Knee deep in killer-coding--
FutureQuest

LeafWind · 06-07-1999, 06:37 PM

Thanks Terra

I had figured out much the same thing myself from poking around in the depths of the apache.org site, but my puter crashed before I could get back and post that I had it working.

Thanks!

Bekariso
whose puter needs a new fan, maybe

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Growing web sites that thrive in the winds of change.