I am toying with SSI in ASP.
Question is can I store them in a seperate directory. i.e. a folder called includes? And will they be available to the whole site, even sub directories?

yes, you can put them wherever you want, as long as the file it is included in can reference the path to it properly, your laughing.

to have them available to the whole site, inc subdirectories, i usually keep my folder structure to 1 level, all browser viewable pages in one place, so all files can use the same referenceto the include.

other than that, if i have to have lots of sub-directories, i usually copy the includes folder into the root of each folder, and include it from there.

lots of ways to do it, and lots of ways not to do it.

oh and best to use an .asp extension on the include file rather than the standard .inc tag.

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Dave

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Thats's what I wanted to know! Thanks for the quick reply!

Just to add to Dave's comments, there are two types of includes, files and virtual.

A Virtual Include must have the full path specified i.e. /inc/filename.asp whereas a file include is in relation to the document i.e. ../../inc/filename.asp

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So what your saying is if I use a virtual include I can put it anywhere?
Eample:
Include: inc/include.asp
File it's in: /admin/index.asp
So the path to the virtual would be ../inc/include.asp

Am I saying this right?

Yes

just the difference is a file include is:
<pre id=code><font face=courier size=2 id=code><font color=red>&lt;!-- #include file="inc/include.asp" --&gt; </font id=red></font id=code></pre id=code>

and the virtual is:
<pre id=code><font face=courier size=2 id=code><font color=red>&lt;!-- #include virtual="../inc/include.asp" --&gt; </font id=red></font id=code></pre id=code>

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Dave

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Sweet! The virtual is what I will want to do so I can include it in any file in any directory.

Are there any cons to using this?

None at all, I always use virtual includes as the page that is displaying the include could be in any location on the site.

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Be careful if you ever plan to move to a win2k3 server. Most host do not allow "Parent Paths". This will break all your virtual includes. It has proven to be a pain in my a$$ with all the pure upload extensions.

Server 2003 doesn't not allow for -#include file which is generated on each asp page in MX. I was told I must use -#include virtual now. The problem is once I change an asp page to this new "include virtual" I can not view it (I'm running XP Pro) locally, but when I upload it (server 2003) everything works fine now. How can I run "include virtual" locally? Also is there a way to get each page to change the include statement to #include virtual without going into each and every page?
Thanks

I have tested includes on a Win 2003 Server and to test my various sites I have adjusted my settings to be like in the live site. I use both virtual and file include work fine. If you are interested in having parenth path allowed, you can change the settings to adjust to your requirements. Some Webhosts don't like using Parent Path Allowed because they find it leaves your site vulnerable... or was it the server, I didn't get that part. but win 2003 is ok. with parent path Allowed.