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Why isn't my Server Side Includes (SSI) working?
I'm making a website, that is on a Amazon EC2 Instance with Apache, I'm trying to get SSI to work/be enabled, I've uploaded the .htaccess file and the file I want to be included, etc. But the SSI is still not working. Why doesn't my SSI work?
All of the files I uploaded are located at /var/www/html, if that helps!
My .htaccess file has AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml in it.
My include command in my index.html file: <!--#include file="main_nav.shtml" -->.
The main_nav.shtml:
<!--Main Nav-->
<header>
<nav>
<div class="main_nav">
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">Contact Me!</a>
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">About Me</a>
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">Search my site</a>
<!--
<div id="searchbox_div">
<form action="" id="searchbox">
<input id="search_input" type="search" name="searchmysite" placeholder="Search my Site!">
<input type="submit" value="Search!">
</form>
</div>
-->
</div>
<div id="logo">
<h1 id="logo_jeff">JEFF</h1>
<h1 id="logo_arries">ARRIES</h1>
<h1 id="logo_website">WEBSITE</h1>
</div>
<div id="main_nav">
<ul>
<li><a class="main_nav" href="">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="">Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="">Trips</a></li>
<li><a href="">Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="">Pictures</a></li>
<li><a href="">Videos</a></li>
<li><a href="">Computer</a></li>
<li><a href="">Misc</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
<!-- End Main Nav-->Here's my files on my computer (not serving the files) (just to give a visual of what my server looks like, see below):
And here's a terminal screenshot of my Amazon EC2 server (serving the files), showing the files and structure (see above):
FYI. My website is at jeffarries.com if you want to view it live.
If you need any further information, feel free to ask!
Update:
Update 2:
Main_nav.shtml:
<!--#include file="main_nav.shtml" -->
<!--Main Nav-->
<header>
<nav>
<div class="main_nav">
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">Contact Me!</a>
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">About Me</a>
<a id="second_nav_bar" href="">Search my site</a>
<!--
<div id="searchbox_div">
<form action="" id="searchbox">
<input id="search_input" type="search" name="searchmysite" placeholder="Search my Site!">
<input type="submit" value="Search!">
</form>
</div>
-->
</div>
<div id="logo">
<h1 id="logo_jeff">JEFF</h1>
<h1 id="logo_arries">ARRIES</h1>
<h1 id="logo_website">WEBSITE</h1>
</div>
<div id="main_nav">
<ul>
<li><a class="main_nav" href="">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="">Blog</a></li>
<li><a href="">Trips</a></li>
<li><a href="">Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="">Pictures</a></li>
<li><a href="">Videos</a></li>
<li><a href="">Computer</a></li>
<li><a href="">Misc</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
<!-- End Main Nav-->index.shtml:
<head>
<title>Home | Jeff's Website</title>
<link href="styles/main_navigation.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles/body.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles/main_content.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!-- Icon code -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="57x57" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="60x60" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="120x120" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-120x120.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="76x76" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="152x152" href="/website_icons/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/website_icons/favicon-196x196.png" sizes="196x196" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/website_icons/favicon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/website_icons/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/website_icons/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/website_icons/favicon-128.png" sizes="128x128" />
<meta name="application-name" content=" "/>
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#FFFFFF" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/website_icons/mstile-144x144.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-square70x70logo" content="/website_icons/mstile-70x70.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-square150x150logo" content="/website_icons/mstile-150x150.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-wide310x150logo" content="/website_icons/mstile-310x150.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-square310x310logo" content="/website_icons/mstile-310x310.png" />
<!-- End Icon code -->
<!-- Chatrify Script-->
<script type='text/javascript'>
var __ac = {};
__ac.uid = "08c261285ca9db6acdaf945deef7cd7b";
__ac.server = "secure.chatrify.com";
(function() {
var ac = document.createElement('script');
ac.type = 'text/javascript';
ac.async = true;
ac.src = 'https://cdn.chatrify.com/go.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(ac, s);
})();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!--#include file="main_nav.shtml" -->
<!-- Landing Beta Pop Up box -->
<div id="popup_div">
<div id="popup_beta">
<p id="popup_main_header">Welcome to my website!</p>
<p id="popup_main_content">My site is currently under construction. I'm trying to get everything ready, working and online as soon as possible. But for the time being, there may be broken/grayed out links and random stuff that doesn't work properly. Thank you for your patience!</p>
<a id="got_it_button"href="#" onclick="toggle_visibility('popup_div');">Got it!</a>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End Landing Beta Pop Up box -->
<!-- Pop Up Email Form-->
<div id="popup_email_form_div">
<div id="popup_email_form_div_content">
<p>Contact Form</p>
<form method="post" action=""></form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End Pop Up Email Form-->
<!--Welcome to jeff's website-->
<div>
<h2 id="welcome">Welcome to my Website!</h1>
<a href="#here_you_can_learn">
<img src="pictures/down_arrow.png" id="down_arrow"/>
</a>
</div>
<!-- End Welcome to Jeff's website-->
<!--right side nav-->
<aside>
<p>this is aside</p>
</aside>
<!--Main Content-->
<div id="main_content">
<h2 id="here_you_can_learn">Here you can learn about me and my adventures!</h2>
<!--Most Frequently visited pages: on left side of page-->
<div id="most_frequent">
<p class="heading">Most frequently visted pages!</p>
<a href="" class="show_more_link"><p class="show_more">Show More</p></a>
</div>
<!--Recent Activity: on the right side of page-->
<div id="recent_activity">
<p class="heading">Recent Activity</p>
<p class="content">test</p>
<a href="" class="show_more_link"><p class="show_more">Show More</p></a>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function toggle_visibility(id) {
var e = document.getElementById(id);
if(e.style.display = 'block')
e.style.display = 'none';
else
e.style.display = 'block';
}
</script>
</body>Screenshot of what my finder window looks like now: (not serving the files, but the same as the server)
Solution
This:
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
…tells Apache to look in .shtml files for SSI directives.
You have placed your SSI directive (<!--#include file="main_nav.shtml" -->) in a .html file instead of a .shtml file.