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Our servers do not offer SSI facilities <code>&lt;!--#include virtual="ssi.htm" --></code> or <code>&lt;!--#include file="ssi.htm" --></code>, however you can create the same effect by using Javascript. These notes were submitted by a customer and are here to help you.

How?
 
First:

Include the following in the <code>&lt;head>&lt;head></code> section of your page

<SyntaxHighlight lang="html">
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" > </SCRIPT>
</SyntaxHighlight>

and 
<SyntaxHighlight lang="html">
<script type="text/javascript" src="myincludefilename.js"> </SCRIPT>
</SyntaxHighlight>

with your own file name substituted where you want the included text to appear.

Then:

Create a file myincludefilename.js to hold the text you want to output, then insert the text and wrap each line in a <code>document.write(" ");</code> statement.

Remember that in JS any newline characters ends the instruction so every line must be wrapped in a <code>document.write</code> statement.

The javascript file can have any extension, and be held in any folder subject to the usual rules about valid pathnames.

Example: Good

<SyntaxHighlight lang="js">
document.write("James Brown is in the office <br>");

document.write("Helen Smith is out of office <br>");
</SyntaxHighlight>

Example: Bad

<SyntaxHighlight lang="js">
document.write("James Brown is in the office <br>

"Helen Smith is out of office <br>");
</SyntaxHighlight>

A web search on 'javascript include' will bring up lots more examples.

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