Server Side Includes (SSI) is a well-known server-side scripting language, which is often used to incorporate the content of one file inside another file. It is used primarily with online content and it will help make a static HTML website much more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on various webpages within your website, for example, you can make a text file and switch the quote in it every single day. All the webpages in which this file is integrated are going to display the modified quote, so you will not need to edit them manually every time. SSI may also be used to include the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for instance, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or the current date and time. By doing this, you can make your website seem much more professional and much more attractive to the website visitors. Web pages that use SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting

All the Linux shared web hosting services that we provide support Server Side Includes, so you're able to bring in dynamic components to your static site which you host on our cloud system. By setting up a blank .htaccess file and entering several lines of code inside, you can activate SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file in question should be within the particular folder where you will use SSI you'll be able to get the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any kind of coding knowledge. The 24/7 technical support staff shall also be able to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you are not certain what to do. You should also make sure to modify the extension of all files which will make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your website lead to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to enable and make use of Server Side Includes with a number of mouse clicks with any one of the semi-dedicated server packages since the feature is present in the cloud platform where your new account will be configured. All you have to do would be to make a blank file named .htaccess via your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then include a handful of lines of code inside. You will find the latter within the Help articles available within your account, so you don't need any programming knowledge - you'll be able to simply copy and paste the code in question. All web pages that are going to implement Server Side Includes need to have a .shtml extension, so in case you add in this option to an active website, you should make sure that you change all of the links in there.