simple SSI failing on IIS 5.1

ed644 · 03-05-2009, 10:31 PM

Hi,

I am using IIS 5.1 to learn how to do SSI. Some strange things are occuring to my outputted HTML. This is one example of the most basic SSI I can think of, where only part of the include file is being included in the final HTML. I have an index.shtml file with the following contents:

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
before
<!-- #include virtual="/includes/test.txt" -->
after
</body>
</html>

In the IIS management console, I have created a virtual directory for my includes folder. My test.txt file contains:

Code:

<b>bolded text</b>

When I load index.shtml in my browser, the HTML source I get does not contain the closing bold tag:

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
before
<b>bolded text
after
</body>
</html>

Any clues? I have a different example where my include file is being included in the final HTML multiple times even though I have only asked for it to be included once. Any suggestions welcome, as I have exhausted my brain power. Thanks!

03-05-2009, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
ed644 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp sp3 My System	simple SSI failing on IIS 5.1 Hi, I am using IIS 5.1 to learn how to do SSI. Some strange things are occuring to my outputted HTML. This is one example of the most basic SSI I can think of, where only part of the include file is being included in the final HTML. I have an index.shtml file with the following contents: Code: <html> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> before <!-- #include virtual="/includes/test.txt" --> after </body> </html> In the IIS management console, I have created a virtual directory for my includes folder. My test.txt file contains: Code: <b>bolded text</b> When I load index.shtml in my browser, the HTML source I get does not contain the closing bold tag: Code: <html> <head> <title>Title</title> </head> <body> before <b>bolded text after </body> </html> Any clues? I have a different example where my include file is being included in the final HTML multiple times even though I have only asked for it to be included once. Any suggestions welcome, as I have exhausted my brain power. Thanks!