Can't make SSI includes work

Hi,

I'm NOT using a Mac server, but Apache on Mac OS 10.5.7 Client. But I think I'll get better replies in this forum...dearly hoping I'm not offending anyone or breaking any major rule..

I'm using the local server for web development purposes. After upgrading to OS 10.5, a number of issues have surfaced. I've solved all but one: Can't make SSI includes work.

For SSI, I use the .shtml extension. In the "httpd.config" located in /private/etc/apache2/ I have the following:

<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml index.php
</IfModule>

AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddOutputFilter includes .shtml

I have also tried using a htaccess file in the local server with the last three lines while having "Override All" in the httpd.config.

The actual tags in the files are OK, as are the paths (they're file relative) as they're working nicely on remote server.

Can someone please help out?

TIA
Dan