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They'll allow you to edit your header in the one file, which will appear instantly on all pages that include the header file.

Lazlow 2009-03-29 10:53:38

+1 SSI is an often overlooked, but still really useful and widely available technology.

Michael Stum 2009-03-29 10:56:39

2009-03-29 11:44:30

On XP Pro - ensure Server Side Includes was installed alongside IIS (Add/Remove Windows Components > Application Server > IIS > Server Side Includes). If it is, the virtual include should work - does it error, or just not include it (i.e. visible when viewing source)?

Lazlow 2009-03-29 12:44:46

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Yes, take a look at SSI. Server side includes are a simple way to tell your web server to insert various things at various points in your HTML page.

Example:

<html>
<head>
    <!--#include FILE="head.html" -->   
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

If server side includes don't appear to work as expected, try renaming the page with a .shtml file extension.

Some web servers require that you name your file ".shtml" rather than ".html" in order to enable the parsing of your file.

Tommy 2009-03-29 10:59:53

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