SSI include not working?

software development
#1

For some reason a simple include script isn’t working…

http://projects.noelsaw.com/index.shtml

here’s the code in it:

I’ve tried using the “virtual” syntax and it doesn’t work either:
http://projects.noelsaw.com/index2.shtml

#2

The characters you’ve got in there aren’t hyphens — it looks like the second one got converted to an em-dash somehow. Retype the <!-- yourself (instead of copying and pasting?) and it should work.