Server Side Includes and php

I have php forms on a site update. I want to use a server side include to keep the dynamic menu off the template. The include works on the home page and other .shtm pages, but not on the php. This can't be impossible. What's the hint? I can't (or can I) save the php as .shtm. and the thread will not allow any of the file types to be attached. Ergo ... the link:http://shrhabitat.org/index09.shtm, the include: http://shrhabitat.org/includes/hfhshrmenu.lbw, the contact form: http://shrhabitat.org/contactus.php
don Carlos de la Playa

Alrighty then, What I did was add both html and php include code to the template. It seems to work without duplication. For the experts in the crowd, will this blow up in my face someday? As near as I can tell, I just need to ensure that any changes are made to both files which, after all, clones of one another.
Ya'll have a fine Virginia day, now. Y'hear?
don Carlos de la playa

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> Ive made myself confused now! I need it spelling out to
me!
>
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style sheet.
>
> Rest of the sites pages made from the template file.
>
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of 2 div based
> menus to
> be placed into. Place either of these div menus into the
template editable
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each menu with the
> body/head removed(and with internal or external css?)
>
> Next put the SSI code into the body of the template
where I want the SSI
> to
> appear.
>
> Im sure Ive not got it right yet!! My head wont work
lately!
>

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> Can one safely include javascript in a server-side
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> I am using a
> roll-over navigation bar created and generated in
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>
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> of
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http://www.mmdl.org/dmbmenu/textmenu.html">Text
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> 2007
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> </table>
> -----------------------
>
>
>
>

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I would like to know what is a server side include and why is it that JSP is preferred to server side includes.

SSI is used to paste external parts into static HTML Pages and only for simple
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what is the difference between jsp :include and server side include(request dispatcher include method)????
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<Directory />
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IIS no longer comes with SSI installed by default. It has to be configured by the hosting provider.
http://blogs.iis.net/robert_mcmurray/archive/2010/12/28/iis-notes-on-server-side-includes- ssi-syntax-kb-203064-revisited.aspx
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ASP.NET has its own way of doing the equivalent of SSIs - and lots more beside but much of which does not interest web designers at this stage.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/894720/asp-net-equivalent-of-server-side-includes
http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Alternatives-to-server-side-includes-fo r-ASPNET

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I'm having a problem with the way a Server Side Include inside a Collapsible Panel displays.
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I am having trouble using server-side includes in
Dreamweaver. When I use the SSI to insert the header file, the
header document shows up on the page in design view, but I cannot
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:02:29 +0000 (UTC), "AngryCloud"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> <?php include("header.php"); ?>
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The server side includes are not correctly rendering with layers in firefox. From my site here:-
http://www.osteriastecca.com/index.php
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Glennyboy

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