Hi all, Still not used to gmail so will start another thread on this subject. Thanks for all the advice. <!--#include virtual="/~ctmanshs/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> <!--#include virtual="../00_ssi/banner.htm" --> both work on my RootsWeb account between subdirectories. Does anyone use another variation which works between subdirectories? (I.e. my #include is within a file in a subdirectory) <!--#include virtual="/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> would be great but it doesn't work! Sorry to drag this out but it is important to my ability to develop my site. Have been struggling with this since 8:30AM. George
George, It is now clear. If <!--#include virtual="/~ctmanshs/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> works on rootsweb that means that /~ctmanshs/ is your web root directory on rootsweb. Your web root directory on IIS is simply /. That is why <!--#include virtual="/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> works on IIS. The only way you can make a single include that will work on both systems is to create a ~ctmanshs folder on your PC under wwwroot and put your entire website in that folder. Then you can use <!--#include virtual="/~ctmanshs/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> on both systems. The downside is you will have to browse to: http://localhost/~ctmanshs/ on your PC to view your local site. This is not an Apache vs IIS issue but rather reflects how rootsweb configures their servers to handle multiple websites as Pat Asher indicated. Jim Rickenbacker ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Waller" <george.a.waller@gmail.com> To: "RootsWeb-Help" <ROOTSWEB-HELP@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:06 PM Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] More on includes > Hi all, > Still not used to gmail so will start another thread on this subject. > > Thanks for all the advice. > > <!--#include virtual="/~ctmanshs/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> > <!--#include virtual="../00_ssi/banner.htm" --> > > both work on my RootsWeb account between subdirectories. > Does anyone use another variation which works between subdirectories? > (I.e. my #include is within a file in a subdirectory) > > <!--#include virtual="/00_ssi/banner.htm" --> > would be great but it doesn't work! > > Sorry to drag this out but it is important to my ability to develop my > site. > Have been struggling with this since 8:30AM. > > George >