essentially is this possible? The reason is that at the moment i have includes that vary depending on the subdomain, but the file that includes them remains the same. e.g: <!--#include virtual="/dir/inc.html"--> some content only if i'm looking at it from here.site.com rather than www.site.com i want the include to be /dir2/inc.html. at the moment this is done using rewrites but i want to use handlers for some sections of the site and while straight includes are fine rewrites just don't seem to have any effect. do i have to stick some logic into the intitial handler to rewrite the include before i pass it to SSI? thanks Struan -- Struan Donald mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Code Flunky, 365 Plc. http://www.365corp.com/