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--- ssi [2023/04/05 13:29] – Thanks to jdd for figuring this out on bboard dbohdan
+++ ssi [2024/06/18 08:35] (current) – Added information about DirectoryIndex dbohdan
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 ====== How to enable Server Side Includes ======
-SDF users can use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes|Server Side Includes]] on their sites. Before the 2023 migration (to new hardware and NetBSD 9.3) SSI was enabled by default; now it must be enabled manually. To enable SSI in ''.shtml'' files, add the line below to the file ''.htaccess'' in your ''~/html'' directory. Create the file if necessary.
+SDF users can use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes|Server Side Includes]] on their sites. Before the 2023 migration (to new hardware and NetBSD 9.3), SSI was enabled by default; now it must be enabled manually. To enable SSI in ''.shtml'' files, add the line below to the file ''.htaccess'' in your ''~/html'' directory. Create the file if necessary.
 <code>
 AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
+</code>
+You may also need to add this line to make ''index.shtml'' your index page:
+<code>
+DirectoryIndex index.shtml
 </code>