WampServer

Could some tell me what I need to do to enable or configure server side includes on my local wamp server. So far I have a pretty basic install of Wamp on a windows vista pc. I'm using this server to test webpages prior to posting them to the web. Any help would be great.

Thanks-

Server Side Includes or SSI is controlled by Apache

Read this to tell you what needs to be changed in your httpd.conf

[httpd.apache.org]

Thanks for the reply. I'm new to apache. Have you done this before and if so how complex is this?

Easy, just follow the documentation.

Make a copy of the httpd.conf file before you start just in case you mess up, then you can restore it and start again

Actually if you search your httpd.conf for .shtml all that is required is already in the file but commented out.

uncomment
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

and in this section

<Directory "d:/wamp/www/">

...

...

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

change to

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes


Of course make sure your ssi code lives in a file with the .shtml extension

How to enable Server Side Include (SSI) in WAMP if don't want to add .htaccess file?

First, open any text editor software (example Notepad, or Notepad++)

Open "http.conf" file from <your drive>:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache(version)\conf\httpd.conf

Find these two lines and remove both hashtag "#":
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

Add this line to allow index.shtml to be the default page. If not found, index.html will be loaded.
DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html

So the result is:
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html

Then find this line:
#Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

And change to:
Options +Includes

Save the file and restart WAMP. Done!