Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a range of directives that will permit you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. By doing this, you are able to add any kind of content to numerous web pages in your site and change it by just editing a single text file. You can furthermore add the output of various scripts so the current time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file show up on your website. This shall help you incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more inviting to your visitors and giving it a much more professional overall appearance. It will likewise be quicker to revise this content as compared to updating each static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Website Hosting

Since our customized cloud hosting system has Server Side Includes on a global level, you are able make use of this feature with the website hosting packages that we feature and bring dynamic content to your sites with a few mouse clicks. SSI can be activated for each individual domain name or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the website folder with just a few lines of code. Of course, you don't need to turn into a programmer for that since the necessary code may be copied from the Help article that we have about Server Side Includes. If you'd like to utilize this feature for your website, you'll have to rename your site files from .html to .shtml and you will have to double-check if all links on your website lead to the up-to-date names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you'll be able to enable Server Side Includes with just a few mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your choosing. We've got a thorough Help article about the subject you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you need to set up in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be all set to go. You need to simply make sure that all files using SSI possess the correct extension i.e. .shtml, not simply .html, as well as that the links on your site are kept up to date and lead to the already renamed files.