Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will allow you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. By doing this, you'll be able to add any kind of content to numerous web pages on your site and adjust it simply by updating a single text file. You're able to furthermore add the output of distinctive scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of some file show up on your site. This shall help you add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your site visitors and creating a far more professional overall look. It will be easier to update this content in comparison to editing every static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your site, the pages that incorporate the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting
Server Side Includes is featured on our modern cloud hosting platform, so whatever the Linux cloud hosting that you choose, it will be easy to make use of this feature making your site much more dynamic. Everything you must do is going to be create a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain name or subdomain where you want to use SSI and add a handful of lines of code inside it. You simply will not need any coding skills however, as you can simply just copy the necessary code from our help section, or our tech support team can assist you to activate SSI for any specific site. You need to simply modify the extension of any html file which will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all of the links to those web pages on the site are accurate.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
Server Side Includes may be enabled without any problem with each semi-dedicated server package that we provide and the whole process will take you just one minute and merely several mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by creating an empty .htaccess file in a domain or subdomain main folder using the File Manager tool in the Hosting Control Panel or an FTP application of your choice, then incorporating a number of lines of code, which you will be able to get out of the SSI article in our extensive Knowledgebase. The one thing remaining then will be to double-check if all webpages that shall use Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and then to alter the links to different webpages on your website, in order to reflect the modifications in the file extensions.