SSI error message

[Gerard Seibert]

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:39:55 -0700, Glenn Dawson <glenn at antimatter.net>
Subject: Re[2]: SSI error message
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> At 04:24 PM 9/25/2005, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> >On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:40:21 -0700, Glenn Dawson <glenn at antimatter.net>
> >Subject: Re: SSI error message
> >Wrote these words of wisdom:
> >
> > > At 03:22 PM 9/25/2005, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > > >I inserted the "XBitHack on" statement into a ".htaccess" to turn on
> > > >the SSI function. I then made the necessary modification to the
> > > >httpd.conf file so that the file would be used. Now, I receive this
> > > >error message in the "httpd-error.log" and I have no idea how to 
> > correct it.
> > > >
> > > >[Sun Sep 25 18:14:40 2005] [warn] [client 216.45.217.148]
> > > >mod_include: Options +
> > > >Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed
> > > >[Sun Sep 25 18:14:40 2005] [warn] [client 216.45.217.148]
> > > >mod_include: Options +
> > > >Includes (or IncludesNoExec) wasn't set, INCLUDES filter removed
> > >
> > >  From the apache docs on mod_include:
> > >
> > > The following directive must be given for the directories containing
> > > the shtml files (typically in a <Directory> section, but this
> > > directive is also valid .htaccess files if AllowOverride Options is set):
> > > Options +Includes
> > >
> > > -Glenn
> >
> >
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> >On 9/25/2005 7:19:40 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:
> >
> >Yes, I figured out that I had not set the 'Options' directive correctly.
> >I corrected it, and got SSI working. However, I now have a slightly
> >different situation. I wanted to get the date formatted correctly on my
> >site. I tried this, but it does not work correctly:
> >
> ><!--#config timefmt="%m/%d/%y" --> <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->
> >
> >the date is still displayed in the long format, along with the time. I
> >do not understand why. I copied this directly from a site that was
> >demonstrating how to use SSI to display the date or time in any format
> >desired. For some reason, it does not work.
> 
> Those assume that your web server is setting DATE_LOCAL in it's 
> environment, and that it's paying attention to what you set timefmt to be.
> 
> You can do somthing like:
> 
> <!--#exec cmd="/bin/date +%m/%d/%y" -->
> 
> -Glenn

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On 9/26/2005 5:21:37 AM, Gerard Seibert Replied:

Thanks, that worked. I wanted to change the format to "%b %d, %Y" but it
does not display. I thought about using a non breaking space %#160; but
that does not work either. If I leave any spaces in the format, it will
not display.  I will work on that problem at some future date.