Re: Includes again

Seemed like my main problem was that no knowing about that the schemes
[http] and host names [www.thissite.com] couldn't be a part of filename
attribute values. /myfile.txt or myfile.txt but not
http://www.thissite.com/myfile.txt [<--dead link].

>QUESTIONS:
>1. Given the parameters of:
>* what I can do v what my server guy needs to do
>* contents of ".htaccess" files
>* presence in directory of ".htaccess" files
>* file extension alternatives ["shtml" v "html"]
>* contents of files
>what needs to happen to be able to have server side includes pull a
>standard index margin into all my pages?

Nothing. The error I was making was that
>
>2. I've read the first bit of "mod_include.html" pointed to above. I am
>right track with the following. The Apache server sofware gets downloaded
>or transferred to my guys server. He has to pass the files he gets through
>as "c" programming language compiler. This is done in an automatic way by
>some other under the control of some other file that comes with the
>package. This file says "convert the file 'mod_include.c' into code the
>computer can execute with all the other files where doing the same unless
>the guy installing the thing says otherwise"?
>
>3. What is a "handler" and where on the server computer is the fact that
>it's value is "server_parsed" recorded?
>
>4. Are they talking about putting the follwoing lines into an .htaccess file?
>AddType text/html .shtml
>AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
>
>5. What is a <Directory> section?
>
>6. Where is" AllowOveride Option" set?
>
>
>
>Cheers ... John
>
>

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