SSI help please .htaccess errors

I am trying to get SSI to work w/o having shtml extensions. I don't want to have to rename a whole heck of a lot of pages.

I found a temp fix that will work for now, until I figure something out.

I have a navigation menu across the top of my website, and that is what I am using the SSI for.

I tried to create a .htaccess file with these lines:

AddType text/html .shtml .html .htm
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml .html .htm
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

However, every time I try it, I get a 500 Internal Server Error.
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, and inform them of the time the error occurred and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Apache Server at dakuda.com

So then I replace the .htaccess file with a new, blank one.

WIth the blank one, it works as long as I change every fricking extension to .shtml, and then I have to change every fricking link to .shtml.

ANyone know what the heck I am doing wrong.

My host is www.globat.com, and they say they support SSI.

My website is http://www.dakuda.com

Thanks Chris

I haveAddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

DO you have .html or .shtml extensions on your web pages?

Edit: nevermind, that gives me the same error...:(