Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a set of directives that will enable you to contain the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you're able to add any kind of content to a few different web pages in your site and alter it simply by updating just one text file. You're able to additionally incorporate the output of distinctive scripts so that the current time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of some file appear on your website. This shall help you incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more inviting to your site visitors and giving it a more professional overall look. It will likewise be quicker to revise this content in comparison to updating every static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that include the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

All of the Linux shared packages we offer you support Server Side Includes, so you can include dynamic components to any static website which you host on our cloud system. By making a blank .htaccess file and entering a few lines of code inside it, you can activate SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file involved needs to be within the specific folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also find the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, which means you do not need any kind of coding experience. The 24/7 technical support staff will also be in a position to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you aren't absolutely sure how to proceed. You should additionally remember to modify the extension of all of the files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your site lead to the appropriate files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

It shall not take you over a minute to enable Server Side Includes when you've got a semi-dedicated server package through us. If you decide to enable this function, you will need to create an .htaccess file in the root folder for the domain name or subdomain where you would like SSI to be active. In this file, you must copy and paste some code, which you can get in the FAQ article that we have devoted to SSI. You can find the latter inside the Help section of your Hosting Control Panel, so you don't need any prior experience with such matters. The only 2 things you need to deal with are renaming all of the pages that shall utilize Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and replacing all of the links on your website, to make sure they lead to the renamed files.