OutLook not previewing html files

Question

OutLook quit providing a preview of my html files (only) about a month ago.  All other files preview okay.  Any suggestions on how to get it working on all files like it used to?

Answer 1

RICH POW posted in macromedia.dreamweaver
> I am trying to add includes to pages for a site hosted
on an
> Apache server that have the file extension .html but I
don't want
> to change any file names to .php.
Is includes the one and only reason you're using PHP? And is
there no
PHP code in any of your files other than include()?
If the answers to both questions is yes, then, assuming your
server
supports SSI, I recommend using simple SSI includes. (You may
need to
change your files to .shtml or set up the server to work with
.html)
If you are using other PHP code, there is a way to configure
Apache to
pass .html pages through the PHP interpreter. Not generally
recommended
if you have a lot of static .html pages with no PHP in them.
> All works fine live, but Dreamweaver does not preview
the
> included file: <? include('includes/test.html');
?>
To view Web pages with PHP in a browser, the pages must be
processed
through a Web server configured with PHP. You may need to set
up a test
server on your machine.
Note: If you really are using PHP anywhere, you should not
use short
tags. Use <?php include('includes/test.html'); ?>
> Is there any reason I should not include both an .asp
type
> include and the .php version as a workaround? Like this:
> <? include('includes/test.html'); ?>
> <!--#include file="includes/test.html" -->
>
> Is this bad practice or good lateral thinking?
I would call it bad practice. Assuming you've set up your
server to
pass .html files through the PHP interpreter - AND the server
processes SSI with .html, you will probably end up with two
copies of
test.html.
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)