SSI doesn't work again.

I have set it up and it worked yesterday, but now...

[damlag]

Could You help me.
Yesterday I have configured my httpd.conf file and finally my SSI worked. Everything was great. But today when I try to run my file it pops up a download window and propmpts to download or open a file. When I click open it shows the file correctly, but a address bar lookslike :
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\8XEJSP6N\filename[1].html.
Why is that. Are those changes in httpd.conf file are somehow temporary?

[damlag]

Actually, not only SSI doesn't work. When I try to type any file even simple .html, it prompts me to save or open the file. What could that be? Yesterday it was fine.

[jdMorgan]

Check your server headers [webmasterworld.com]. Your server is probably returning an incorrect MIME-type for the requested resources.

Verify that any AddType or AddHandler directives that you added are correct.

Jim

[damlag]

Ok I have reinstalled apache 1.3.29 and configured httpd.conf file as follows:

......
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI Includes
........

........
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml
</IfModule>
........

........
# To use server-parsed HTML files
#
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
........

And still doesn't work. Now it doesn't prompt to save or open the file. It shows the file but doesn't show the include.

[gergoe]

Do you have mod_include enabled (AddModule and/or LoadModule)?

[damlag]

Yep, I have added those, but still nothing.

I have 2 files in htdocs

one index.html and it contains:
<!--#include virtual="myfile.html" -->

the other myfile.html and it contains some fluff.

Doesn't show anything. I tried to rename to .shtml although conf. file should accept .html extensions, but still nothing.

I used many tutorials and articles and they all tell pretty much the same. I don't know how but it worked few days ago. And doesn't work now.
It works ok with .php includes, but I want SSI not php.

[gergoe]

What shows up in the html source if you request the index.html file? If you see the ssi directives within the file then the file is not parsed properly. I suggest you to change the extension of the file to shtml (you may want to add index.shtml to the DirectoryIndex then), enable the server-info content handler and check the mod_include related information on the page and finally check out the error log there could be some entries which is connected to this problem some way.

[damlag]

Thanx for help george, but I finally found the way out.

I don't understand why I didn't succeed earlier. So here's what I've done, maybe for newbies like me it will help :

Changed

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews

to:

-------------
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
--------------

There are couple of ares of "options" in the httpd.conf file, probably that was little confusing, if You change at least one wrong line, SSI may not work.

Then changed
----------------
#
# To use server-parsed HTML files
#
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

to

#
# To use server-parsed HTML files
#
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml .html
------------------

Important, just add .html after "AddHandler server-parsed .shtml". In many articles read that I should add .html after "AddType text/html .shtml", but that's wrong. At least for me SSI's didn't work.

I think that's pretty much all You have to do if You're configuring apache under windows 98 SE like I did.

Good luck to all.