Insert menu - no Server-Side Includes? Help!

Ok so I'm very new to Dreamweaver and web design in general. I bought the Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book and now, in Chapter 6, I'm being asked to use the Insert menu to choose Server-Side Includes... but there's nothing like that under the Insert menu.
I'm taking this step-by-step - also purchased Jennifer Robbins' "Learning Web Design" (in which she recommends Dreamweaver) so I'm trying to make it through BASIC Dreamweaver before going into Ms. Robbins examples... and I'm stuck... any help or suggestions? I did upgrade my CS6 Design & Web Premium package to the Creative Cloud versions - is this possibly why this menu item is 'missing'?
Thanks,
Clinton

clinton_dyches wrote:
I'm being asked to use the Insert menu to choose Server-Side Includes... but there's nothing like that under the Insert menu.
I did upgrade my CS6 Design & Web Premium package to the Creative Cloud versions - is this possibly why this menu item is 'missing'?
In a nutshell, yes.
The Insert menu in the Cloud only version of Dreamweaver CS6 was radically overhauled in the most recent Cloud update
http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/changes-insert-options-creative-cloud.html
Adobe has created a headache for users with this rather sudden, radical overhaul of the Insert menu without any prior warning - and no real obvious benefits for anyone. Seems to be a case of change for the sake of change
We now have two vastly different Insert menus of DW CS6: Cloud and non-Cloud.
It's a poorly timed design decision by Adobe with unfortunate impacts on both newbies (trying to learn from CS6 training material) and DW veterans whose workflow is interrupted for no good reason. The change should have been made in CS7 when everyone had time to adjust.
As you can see from the link above, there is no longer an option for SSI's via the menu. You'll have to hand code it.

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>
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>
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each menu with the
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>
> Next put the SSI code into the body of the template
where I want the SSI
> to
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>
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lately!
>

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>
> Thats a great thought, but I just checked, and no, none
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type="text/javascript"
> src="
http://www.mmdl.org/dmbmenu/nsmenu.js"><\/script\>');
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Cannot Preview Server Side Includes in Browser

I am working on building a new site using server side
includes for the main header graphic and menu items. For testing
purposes, I created an .html file with one <div> tag
containing a single graphic and an .shtml file with the server side
include code placed in the <head> area. (Doesn't seem to work
if I place it anywhere within the <body> tag... not sure
why). At any rate, I can see the SSI in the design view of my
document, but cannot see it whenever I go to preview the page in my
browser (Firefox 2.0.0.3). Everything works fine if I upload the
files to my Web server and view them that way, but why can't I see
the SSI when working on my local files? The Dreamweaver help files
explain that I should be able to do so, but it's just not working.
Well, I'm now at a loss and cannot figure out if I'm doing
something wrong of if this is just a bug of some kind. Can anyone
help me to solve this problem so that I can get back on track?
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>I am working on building a new site using server side
includes for the main
> header graphic and menu items. For testing purposes, I
created an .html
> file
> with one <div> tag containing a single graphic and
an .shtml file with the
> server side include code placed in the <head>
area.
This is not going to work at all. You cannot place body HTML
in the <head>
region.
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>I am working on building a new site using server side
includes for the main
> header graphic and menu items. For testing purposes, I
created an .html
> file
> with one <div> tag containing a single graphic and
an .shtml file with the
> server side include code placed in the <head>
area. (Doesn't seem to work
> if I
> place it anywhere within the <body> tag... not
sure why). At any rate, I
> can
> see the SSI in the design view of my document, but
cannot see it whenever
> I go
> to preview the page in my browser (Firefox 2.0.0.3).
Everything works
> fine if
> I upload the files to my Web server and view them that
way, but why can't
> I
> see the SSI when working on my local files? The
Dreamweaver help files
> explain
> that I should be able to do so, but it's just not
working. Well, I'm now
> at a
> loss and cannot figure out if I'm doing something wrong
of if this is just
> a
> bug of some kind. Can anyone help me to solve this
problem so that I can
> get
> back on track?
>
> Much appreciated,
> ~Greg
>
>

Server-side includes question

I preface this all by saying that I have never used a
server-side include but am considering it based on a suggestion
from a thread yesterday.
If I created a server-side include file that contained only
my title banner/nav bar and placed that file at the top of each of
my pages, would it then be possible to have content (Flash, in this
case) from an editable region in a template-based file display on
top of that banner? Can they overlap, I guess is what I'm asking.
Thanks - JAY

> This would probably be an issue mostly if you don't want
to synchronize
> your
> entire site, I suppose. What about file directory
issues? Can you keep
> pages in
> sub-directories based on the specific template from
which they were
> created or
> will that cause problems (such as SSI functionality)?
DW is quite smart enough to manage your page links.
Plus, if you can use virtual includes, then the link to the
include files
will be the same for any page in any location in your site.
So - you have no link worries in this sense. But a more
specific example
that leads you to ask your question might help get a better
answer here.
> class 1. I've got my nav bar/title banner
> happening as an SSI to be included on all pages - class
2. Lastly, all
> page-specific content including detail text, images, and
some info and nav
> Spry
> panels will appear in editable regions, (defined by
divs, presumably?) -
> class
> 3. WIth the latter, I'll preload the editable regions
with the type of
> content
> I want and then customize it on each page, relink, etc.
Using an editable region for a section-specific navigation
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> But underlying it all is this nasty requirement to
upload all changed
> files.
>
>
> This would probably be an issue mostly if you don't want
to synchronize
> your
> entire site, I suppose. What about file directory
issues? Can you keep
> pages in
> sub-directories based on the specific template from
which they were
> created or
> will that cause problems (such as SSI functionality)?
>
>
quote:
> First, I mentally separate the page layout into three
sections:
>
> 1. Stuff that will not change for the life of the site
(i.e., the basic
> structural elements)
> 2. Stuff that *could* change from time to time (e.g.,
navigation
> elements,
> burst advertisements, section-specific navigation, etc.)
> 3. Stuff that *will* change from one page to the next
>
> Then I create a template containing all class1 elements.
Next I create
> server-side include files containing all class 2
elements and place them
> on the
> template as needed. Note - some of the class 2 elements
may be
> "section-specific elements", and their placement on the
template will be
> subject to the next item. Finally, I insert editable
regions to cover the
> class
> 3 items, INCLUDING the section-specific navigation.
>
>
> This makes sense to me and is very much what I had in
mind, (after asking
> lots
> of questions on this forum, that is). This site will
need at least three
> different structural pages - class 1. I've got my nav
bar/title banner
> happening as an SSI to be included on all pages - class
2. Lastly, all
> page-specific content including detail text, images, and
some info and nav
> Spry
> panels will appear in editable regions, (defined by
divs, presumably?) -
> class
> 3. WIth the latter, I'll preload the editable regions
with the type of
> content
> I want and then customize it on each page, relink, etc.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> JAY
>

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<BODY>
<P>
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<SERVLET CODE="CurrentTime" codebase="../servlet">
<PARAM NAME="zone" VALUE="GMT">
</SERVLET>
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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I renamed the servlets-ssi.jar and i removed the comments for SSI in web.xml file.
When i run the servlet separately, i am getting the correct result. But if i run shtml file with the URL : http://localhost:8080/Test.shtml,
i am getting the result as:
The current time in London is!!! :
It is not invoking servlet program.
CAN ANYONE HELP ON THIS!
Thanks.

Thanks...as u said I tried putting dir & found that
my file was saved as Ch1Servlet.java.txt instead for
Ch1Servlet.java......So that was a problem.Now I'm
able to compile.Oh, yeah. Notepad will do that to you. I think when you save in Notepad if you put quotes around the name "Whatever.java" then it won't add the .txt.
But on compiling I'm getting the following error
package java.servlet.* does not exist
package java.servlet.http.* does not exist
package java.io.* does not exist
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Ignore that first reply. I thought I was dealing with server.
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