Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a group of directives that will enable you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you can add some content to numerous pages in your site and change it by simply editing a single text file. You are able to additionally add the output of distinctive scripts so that the current time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file display on your website. This shall let you incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the website more inviting to your site visitors and creating a more professional visual appearance. It will also be easier to update this content in comparison to editing each static page one at a time. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is present on our progressive cloud hosting system, so no matter the Linux cloud web hosting service which you choose, you will be able to use this feature making your site a lot more dynamic. Everything you need to do will be to set up a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain or subdomain where you want to use SSI and after that add a few lines of code inside. You won't need any kind of coding skills however, as you're able just copy the needed code from the help section, or our technical support can assist you to enable SSI for a specified site. You just have to customize the extension of any html file that will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all of the links to those webpages on the website are correct.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you get a semi-dedicated server package from us, you'll be able to activate Server Side Includes with a couple of mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain that you pick. You will find a detailed Help article about the subject you can see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you need to make in the root folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be all set to go. You need to simply make sure that all files using SSI have the right extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your site are modified and lead to the by now renamed files.