Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will permit you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add any kind of content to numerous web pages in your website and adjust it by just updating one text file. You'll be able to furthermore add the output of different scripts so the present date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file show on your site. This will allow you to incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the website more appealing to your visitors and giving it a professional overall appearance. It will be simpler to update this content as compared to updating every static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your site, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is supported on our modern cloud hosting platform, so no matter the Linux web hosting that you select, it's possible to make use of this function making your website a lot more dynamic. All you will have to do is to set up a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain or subdomain in which you wish to use SSI and add a number of lines of code inside it. You won't need any kind of coding skills however, as you can basically copy the needed code from our help section, or our tech support team can assist you to activate SSI for any specified website. You just need to modify the extension of the html file which will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all links to those web pages on the website are correct.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server plan with us, it will be easy to activate Server Side Includes with only a few mouse clicks and for every domain or subdomain that you pick. We've got in-depth Help article on the subject that you can see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a number of lines from the article within an .htaccess file that you ought to set up in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be good to go. You should only be sure that all files making use of SSI possess the right extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your website are updated and lead to the already renamed files.