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1: The Basics
To learn SSI, you need to be an experienced HTML user. SSI stands for ServerSide Includes. Most servers are not compatible with SSI.
2: SSI Coding
Ok, most websites use either one or two sidebars. You need to make a left.txt or lmenu.txt and a right.txt or a rmenu.txt with links or whatever you want on it(SSI is kind of like frames if you know that). After making it/them you need to make main.shtml or index.shtml or for angelfire you don't have to make a .shtml it automatically works.
Where the left sidebar should be placed you should put the following code:
Please replace left.txt with what ever you named it, and remove the *.
You do the same thing for the right sidebar except replace left.txt with right.txt or whatever you used for the name. After doing all the coding you are ready to upload. Read below to know what to do after you upload.
3: After You Upload...
After you upload all your files to your server check to see if it worked. If it does not work, you will see the following message:
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
here are some possible reasons as to why this happened:
Your server does not support SSI.
The file has a .html or .htm extension instead of .shtml(Don't worry about that for angelfire)
The code links to the wrong page.
Folders are not anticipated in the code. If your file is in the main folder, and it links from /multi, then the link should be /left.txt as it should be with any other folders.
4: Calling for CGI Scripts
This command will execute a CGI script you have installed. An example of a CGI script is a hit tracker:
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