Server Side Includes (SSI) is a widely used server-side scripting language, used to add the content of one file within another file. It is used primarily with online content and it will help make a static HTML site a lot more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on a few web pages within your website, as an example, you can create a text file and replace the quote in it every single day. All webpages in which this file is incorporated will show the modified quote, so you will not have to change them manually each time. SSI may also be used to contain the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for example, the client's IP address, a hit counter or the present date and time. This way, you may make your site seem more professional and more attractive to the website visitors. Web pages that employ SSI get a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is present on our modern cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the cloud web hosting that you choose, you'll be able to make use of this function and make your website more dynamic. All you need to do will be to make a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain name or subdomain where you would like to use SSI and then include a few lines of code inside. You won't require any coding skills though, since you can simply just copy the necessary code from our help section, or our technical support can assist you to enable SSI for any specified website. You just have to modify the extension of the 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 appropriate.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get a semi-dedicated server plan with our company, it is possible to enable Server Side Includes with only a few mouse clicks and for any domain or subdomain of your choosing. We've got an in depth Help article on the subject you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines from the article inside an .htaccess file that you need to create in the root folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be ready. You need to just be sure that all of the files making use of SSI possess the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, and that the links on your website are kept up to date and lead to the by now updated files.