Server Side Includes (SSI) is a list of directives that will enable you to incorporate the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add some content to numerous web pages on your site and change it by just modifying an individual text file. You can also add the output of different scripts so the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of some file display on your website. This shall let you add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the site more appealing to your website visitors and creating a more professional overall appearance. It will likewise be much easier to revise this content when compared with editing each static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that incorporate the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

Since our custom cloud hosting platform offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you'll be able to utilize this function with the shared hosting plans we offer you and incorporate dynamic content to your sites with a few mouse clicks. SSI can be activated for each particular domain or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the website folder with just a few lines of code. Certainly, you don't have to turn into a developer for that since the needed code can be copied from the Help article we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you would like to use this feature for your website, you must rename your site files from .html to .shtml and you have to double-check if all links on your site lead to the updated names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It will be easy to activate and employ Server Side Includes with a few mouse clicks with any of the semi-dedicated server packages since the feature is featured in the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be configured. All you have to do will be to create a blank file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a few lines of code in it. You can find the latter in one of the Help articles which can be found in your account, which means you don't require any programming knowledge - it is possible to simply just copy and paste the code in question. All webpages that are going to make use of Server Side Includes need to have a .shtml extension, so if you add in this option to an active site, you have to make sure that you change all of the links on it.