Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is often used to incorporate the content of one file within a second file. It's employed typically with online content and it can make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on many pages on your site, for instance, you can create a text file and replace the quote in it daily. All the web pages in which this file is included are going to display the updated quote, so you'll not have to change all of them manually every time. SSI may also be used to contain the output of basic functions instead of a static file - for instance, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or the current time and date. In this way, you can make your internet site look much more professional and more attractive to the site visitors. Web pages that employ SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting

As our customized cloud hosting system supports Server Side Includes on a global level, you will be able make use of this feature with all of the shared web hosting packages we have and add dynamic content to your sites with only a few mouse clicks. SSI can be activated for every individual domain or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the website folder with a couple of lines of code. Of course, there is no need to become a programmer for that since the needed code may be copied from the Help post we have related to Server Side Includes. If you'd like to employ this function for your site, you need to rename your site files from .html to .shtml and you've got to double-check if all links on your website lead to the current names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get a semi-dedicated server package through us, you'll be able to enable Server Side Includes with just a few mouse clicks and for virtually any domain or subdomain that you choose. You will find a thorough Help article about the subject you could see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines out of the article in an .htaccess file that you should make in the root folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be ready. You need to just make sure that all of the files using SSI have the appropriate extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and also that the links on your website are updated and point to the by now renamed files.