Kim, I don't know much more than you, either. I have configured the use of includes on external hosts but the configuration on my local machine was done by my husband. You might try a small test to see if you have your configurations set up correctly. Insert the following code on any page file and view it on your computer through a browser. You should see the date. If nothing displays, then you don't. You know the includes are working on the rw server so no need to test it. <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"" --> Tell me, when you try to view your includes on your computer, do see nothing, literally, or do you get error messages? If you get error messages, then the problem is the path. Lorrie On 02/13/11 15:18, Kim Mills wrote: > Lorrie, > I am really very foggy on what it is I'm trying to set. LOL! I'm used to > installing worpdress/joomla a database and editing the css a bit. So trying > to figure out what to set to get the includes to show localy is making my > head spin. > I tried to follow the instructions here. > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html > I checked the apache mods and the includes is turned on. I made a .htaccess > file with the following code in it. > Options +Includes > AddType text/html shtml > AddHandler server-parsed shtml > > But it doesn't change anything that I can see. I've tried placing this in > the WAMP web root folder and in the project folder. > > On another note I downloaded one of Pat's templates here. > http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/css-layouts/fixed-width-templates.htmI copied out the code for the left menu and put it in a text file. Linked it in with the includes code and it shows up just find on rootsweb. Youcan see it here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kmills/test/test3/I've tried compairing the code in that template to the one I was working on, but I can't see why my other template isn't working. I gave links to them in my last email. If I have to I'll just edit that template until I get what I want. BUT I should be able to just do that with my basic template to. It's really bugging me that it's not working...Thanks,Kim> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Lorrie Laskey"<lrmalcom@bellsouth.net>> Cc:<freepages-help@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 3:17 PM> Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] include files?>>>> Kim,>>>> What file extensions did you configure the server on your local machine>> to check for includes directives? .html? > .shtml? .htm? or possibly all>> files?>>>> Lorrie> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nothing shows up locally when I add the date code. I know I must not have something set right. :-( Would love to get it working though. But the template I was using I also can not get the includes to show up when uploaded to rootsweb. I've put it aside for the moment. I downloaded another one of Pat's web templates and I'm editing that to get the look I want. When I change it to use includes using the same way I did with my other template it shows up fine on rootsweb. I don't know why my other plain/basic template wouldn't work. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie Laskey" <lrmalcom@bellsouth.net> > > <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"" --> > > Tell me, when you try to view your includes on your computer, do see > nothing, literally, or do you get error messages? If you get error > messages, then the problem is the path. > > Lorrie ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3441 - Release Date: 02/13/11