include html file within an html file

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I'm trying to include an html file within another html file. the include acts as a menu and footer. i'm using the current include syntax but my html data is not displaying on the page. my include files sit at the root. i've tried:

<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->
<!--#include file="navigation.html"-->

<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
</head>
<body>


<!--#include virtual="header.html" -->
<!--#include virtual="navigation.html"-->
<p>test<p>

<!--#include virtual="footer.html"-->


</body>
</html>

sevenseacat · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 11:49:41Z

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Check if your server has server-side includes (SSIs) enabled.

edit: Also, you should remove the first set of includes that come before the html tag - that's invalid.

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 11:49

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initall · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 11:51:23Z

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Apache webserver? Do you have "mod_include" enabled? Do you have either in .htaccess or httpd.conf the setting "Options +Includes" set?

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 11:51

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user527892 · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 11:50:30Z

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Includes are server side, you'll need to save the main file as an .asp file and work with it on a server (assuming your server is ASP enabled, your syntax certainly makes that look as if it's the case).

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 11:50

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JackLeo · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 11:55:44Z

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a lot of info lays here: http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/include.html, if it runs in the server i would go for <?php include("filename.html"); ?> since most of the servers also have php, if not you can always use .js P.S. i won't mentions html possible problems since other answers i think mentioned all i know...

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 11:55

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Charles Stewart · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 12:28:56Z

The Netscape Navigator frames extension (cf. Wikipedia's Framing article) and its successors allow you to write HTML pages that reference other pages for inclusion. The browser then assembles the viewed page by making multiple HTTP requests. Note:

It's a horrible way to serve up webpages: there's no well-behaved document model for it. But it is fairly well supported by browsers. So this answer is for information's sake, not a recommendation; and
It creates viewed pages by juxtaposition, not inclusion, so it's not really what you were after, semantically speaking. But you can use it to solve your problem: the menu and footer bars are mini HTML pages that sit next to the page containing the main content.

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