So, a typical use of the TYPE attribute, where it was given a value of "EMBED" or "PRESENT" might have had an effect, and may have looked like the following:

<BLOCKQUOTE><!--#include file="fatima.txt" --></BLOCKQUOTE>

which results in:

In Portugal, the dogma of faith will always be preserved, as indeed in all the world, though only by a small remnant. The Holy Father will convene an evil Council that will bring ruin upon the whole Church, teaching doubt, confusion, and despair. The whole world, having lost its lampstand will in turn fall into gross immorality as evil will be widely flaunted in the name of good.

This should illustrate the insertion of text achieved by Server Side Includes. If you look at the file source you will not see the described insertion since it was done in the server and not by the user agent (browser). But in the source file as it stands on the server, that line does look as described here.

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