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vision2000
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SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 1:30:00
I tried to follow the tutorial on this site, but can' t seem to get it to work.
Here' s what I did:
created a nav.htm file (for a dhtml menu) and saved it in the includes folder (removed all html, header and body tags)
Created a blank.shtm page and inserted
<!--#include virtual=" /includes/nav.htm" -->where I wanted the menu to go on the blank page.
I uploaded the includes folder and blank page to the server (FTP)
Results: no menu is showing.
BTW For this menu I also use a .css and .js file which are uploaded to the root folder (or should they be in the includes folder??)
So as you see I am confused and would appreciate your expert help.
Thank you,
Herman
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 4:18:27
Hi, vision2000.
My first question is does your host support SSI (Server Side Includes)?
If so, this may give you a better understanding of SSI.
SSI Tutorial from Big Nose Bird.com »
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vision2000
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 7:52:32
Yes, my host does support SSI and I named the blank page blank.shtm
I still can' t see where I have gone wrong.
Thanks,
Herman
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 8:03:25
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BTW For this menu I also use a .css and .js file which are uploaded to the root folder (or should they be in the includes folder??)
For these I use the house keeping mentality. I have seperate sub folders. One for JS, one for CSS, Etc..
Brian
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 9:36:10
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I named the blank page blank.shtm
What is that? I' ve never heard od .shtm - should be .shtml
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vision2000
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 10:56:49
Thanks for your input - could you please check this page and see if I am missing something - a simple page to show the nav bar - but it is not showing up.
www.wwwebdesignz.com/blank.shtm
The .css .js and blank.shtm are all uploaded to the server.
Thank you,
Herman
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vision2000
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RE: SSI Help Needed - getting there.. - 11/12/2002 11:33:26
Thanks Bobby - changing the page to shtml made the nav bar appear (I tried the other ways you suggested which did not work)
http://www.wwwebdesignz.com/blank.shtml
HOWEVER
Now I have lost the correct color for the links - it should be like this:
www.wwwebdesignz.com/test.htm
Could this have something to do with having an index.html page and blank.shtml page - is there a conflict in the extensions?
or the path of the .css .js scripts
Thank you again,
Herman
PS My server is not a windows server
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/12/2002 11:47:42
Unless you are going to be sending people to ../blank.shtml - do not worry about as it will take the CSS and JS attributes from the page you include it into...
However yes that is the problem the path to the .css and .js are not correct....probably a ../ that is either extra or missing....
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vision2000
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RE: SSI Help Needed - you were right! Now... - 11/12/2002 12:11:46
Thank you very much - that was it!
One more question, if you don' t mind
Can I put the .css and .js files into the includes file also?
or make separate folders for them?
The idea is to just have one includes page that contains nav.htm .css .js instead of having to enter the same header for each page?
I hope this question is clear.
Herman
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THANK YOU ALL! - 11/12/2002 13:16:10
Thank you very much Bobby and others - give yourself a big pat on the back (flowers will arrive soon:-)
I hope you realize what an incredible help you were, which saved me oodles of time tearing my hair out (what' s left of it).
Now take a break and eat some cake - you all deserve it!
Have a great day!
Herman
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RE: SSI Help Needed - follow-up question - 11/13/2002 13:23:41
How do I include the menu.css and virtualmenu.js files as includes in the header tags of the www.wwwebdesignz.com/blank.shtml/ page?
I dropped these 2 files into the " includes" folder.
I entered this code between the header tags in the /blank.shtml page.
<!--#include virtual=" /includes/virtualmenu.js" -->
<!--#include virtual=" /includes/menu.css" -->
However when I upload the includes folder and the /blank.shtml page, my drop-down menu does not appear.
Have I got the paths wrong?
Your expert advice please.
Thank you,
Herman
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vision2000
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RE: SSI Help Needed - 11/13/2002 16:57:52
Thanks for your explanation Bobby
I tried using <!--#include file=" menu.css" --> then the nav bar disappeared.
Confused by this
The .js file that does the work can' t be on an include page...
Could you clarify please
Thanks,
Herman
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