Rod wrote: "Just a few minutes ago. All my pages (> 1500) are thus broken. HELP!" and later "I'll have to include something on my pages to display an appropriate error message when this happens!" Glitches happen. Just now, there doesn't seem to be any missing content at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nylnphs/V0/index.htm. I did a search of the source code for "#include", which would remain if an SSI directive was unprocessed; didn't find it. He didn't explain if he was seeing the typical SSI error message, something like "An error occurred while processing this directive." That would indicate that the server recognized the SSI command, but couldn't process it. The absence of this error message could indicate the server's Perl facility was off-line. As for displaying an error message, I'd suggest commenting the beginning & ending of the SSI include above and below its position. The comments would remain in the source code after the downloaded content was delivered. -rt_/)