Abyss as a local server - problems!

[rjmsmith]

Hi Guys, I'm struggling!

I setup Abyss, configured it for SSI, loaded my shtml pages into htdocs (as suggested), set the address to 127.0.0.1:80 (and later to localhost) but could not retrieve my index.shtml page. The disk whirred like fury, but no page appeared. I eventually had to ctl/alt/del. :(

I also notice from the documentation that the SSI include is in the format <!- include ... with a space between the "-" and the "include". All the info I have read states that it should be <!--inc... , no space between the 2ND hyphen and incl... . This works fine on my host (who suggest this format too). Is Abyss different in some way?

Can anyone help? I'd be most grateful as I currently keep both html without SSI and the shtml versions of each site, and its a pain testing in the first and then copying the changes to the second. I'd like to use SSI from the start and use Abyss as a purely local server

Thanks, Roger.

[aprelium]

The space won't harm. You can add it or remove it. It is just put in the doc for more readability of the text.
Now, the issue you describe is somewhat strange. Can you locate the progam that ran into trouble (it may be Internet Explorer or your Windows)? If it is Abyss, please send us your shtml file to support@aprelium.com so that we can test it.
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[rjmsmith]

Hi again,

Thanks for the reply Support. This is a follow-up with more info.

After the ctl/alt/del I right-clicked to Show Console. Instead, I got my index.shtml page, garbled. At every Include location I got the following error message:

"SSI error in directive include in line xx: Inclusion level is too deep."

An example include is copied below:

<!--#include virtual="Includes/banner.htm" -->

This works fine on the host I use.

Support, in answer to your question, I don't think the error is in Windows or Explorer - the site (www.sitespinners.co.uk) loads perfectly from the host. I'll send the page and the includes folder as sitespinners.zip .

Thanks,

Roger. :?

[aprelium]

That error means that there is a loop in the inclusions (file A includes B and B includes A). So check your files for such a loop.
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