Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a range of directives that will enable you to contain the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this manner, you'll be able to add some content to various pages in your website and adjust it by simply editing an individual text file. You're able to additionally incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the current time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the attributes of some file appear on your site. This shall help you incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more inviting to your visitors and creating a far more professional look and feel. It will be easier to update this content compared to editing every static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Web Hosting

All of the Linux web hosting that we provide support Server Side Includes, so you're able to bring in dynamic components to any static site that you host on our cloud platform. By setting up a clear .htaccess file and typing in a couple of lines of code in it, you can activate SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file involved must be within the exact folder where you will make use of SSI and you will see the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you don't need any kind of coding expertise. The 24/7 technical support staff shall also be capable to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you aren't confident what to do. You should also make sure to change the extension of all of the files that will make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your website point to the correct files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

Server Side Includes may be activated with no trouble with every single semi-dedicated server package that we offer and the entire process is going to take you just one minute and simply several clicks. You can enable SSI by setting up a blank .htaccess file inside a domain or subdomain main folder with the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or perhaps an FTP app of your preference, then typing in a few lines of code, that you will be able to get out of the SSI article within our detailed Knowledgebase. The one thing remaining following that is to double-check if all of the web pages that shall implement Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and then to alter backlinks to different pages on your website, so as to represent the modifications in the file extensions.