Hi all,

I am using the Editor and CSS menus. Rather than cut and paste the menu html code into every page, I want to use Server Side Includes (SSI) for inserting menu code into each page. To test the SSI, I have learned that I can only test by going "live" at the host site.

Question: To test the SSI, can I use //localhost on my development machine for testing a website in development including the SSI? I have tried to set up a new Server (//localhost) in the Editor, but I've had no success. I believe the user ID for //localhost is "root", and I have not set a password for access. I'm probably overlooking something technical here.

I would appreciate any suggestions you may have. Thanks, in advance.

No, you are not able to do that. You can only test it on a live server. If you need help with the include I have a tutorial on my website:

www.innovatewebdevelopment.com/support.shtml

Good luck

I run WAMP on my windows box, and the directory /wamp/www is the default localhost directory.

So my file index.php pulls in my menu from the file menu.html using



the entire page (less header)



so i "compartmentalized" the code, and pull in the modules I need to assemble a page.

If your localhost is running PHP then go for it.

John,

You need to be running some form of web server (apache, WAMP, etc.) that can process the include request by gathering up and compiling the include files into a single page rendering.

With the imbedded FTP functions in the HTML Editor, sending the page to your web host shouldn't be that big a deal to test your work externally.

I use the same approach for all my larger sites (i.e. headers, menus, footers are all SSI files for easier site editing.) I used to have a localhost web server but found the overhead was not worth the small savings in development testing time.

Dave