Server Side Includes (SSI) is a list of directives that will permit you to incorporate the content of a text file inside an HTML file. This way, you are able to add any kind of content to few different webpages on your website and alter it by just updating an individual text file. You can also incorporate the output of different scripts so the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file show on your site. This will let you incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more inviting to your website visitors and giving it a much more professional overall look. It will likewise be simpler to update this content when compared with updating every static page one at a time. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

All of the Linux shared packages we offer you support Server Side Includes, so you can add dynamic components to your static website that you host on our cloud platform. By setting up a blank .htaccess file and typing in a couple of lines of code within it, you're able to enable SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file concerned must be in the specific folder where you will make use of SSI you'll be able to find the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding expertise. Our 24/7 technical support crew shall also be capable to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you're not certain what to do. You should also make sure to change the extension of all your files that will make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your website lead to the proper files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Server Side Includes can be activated without any difficulty with every semi-dedicated server package that we offer and the full process will take you under a minute and simply a number of clicks. You can enable SSI by setting up a blank .htaccess file in a domain name or subdomain main folder with the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or an FTP application of your choice, then typing in a number of lines of code, which you will be capable to get from the SSI article within our extensive Knowledgebase. The only thing left after that will be to double-check if all webpages that will make use of Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and also to alter the links to different pages on your site, in order to reflect the changes in the file extensions.