SSI probelm on apache.

hi,
i want to use server side includes and having problems doing it on my pc where i run a version 2 apache server.

i have added includes to options

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

i have uncommented these lines:

AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

nothing works. i also tried adding these lines to the end of the httpd.conf:

AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .shtml
AddType application/x-httpd-CGI .CGI

didnt work either.

i have also tried placing a .htaccess file in the directory contating:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html

didnt work.

when i did that last bit on a server where im hoting a website it worked just fine, but not on my damn pc!

id appreciate any help on that matter.

thnx

What does your actual SHTML page look like?
And how does it render?
I assume, the tags show up to the browser, but please claify "does not work"

thnx for the quick reply mad

its very simple, i have a file called test.shtml with this code in it:

Add a footer:
<!--#include file="footer.shtml" -->

the code in footer.shtml is:

This is a footer.

when i run the test.shtml on my pc all i get is (i use localhost.. to run it on apache i dont just open it in the browser..):

Add a footer:

on my hosting server i get:

Add a footer: This is the footer

Good job! =)

Your code all looks correct to me... If you view the page's HTML source code (from apache) do your SSI tags show up, or are they not even there?

they are not there.

what would it mean if they were shown? is that possible? i mean, either they are regarded as comments and arent shown, or they are processed as a command, isnt that right?

no idea Madcow???