Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a range of directives that will permit you to contain the content of a text file in an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add any kind of content to a few different pages in your site and modify it by just editing an individual text file. You are able to additionally incorporate the output of various scripts so that the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file display on your website. This shall enable you to add in some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more desirable to your site visitors and creating a more professional visual appearance. It will be much easier to update this content as compared to updating every static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your site, the pages that incorporate the content of some file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Web Hosting

All the web hosting plans that we provide support Server Side Includes, so that you can incorporate dynamic elements to your static website that you host on our cloud platform. By making an empty .htaccess file and entering some lines of code inside, you can activate SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file involved should be in the exact folder where you are going to use SSI and you can also find the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any coding experience. Our 24/7 tech support team will also be able to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you aren't certain what to do. You should furthermore make sure to change the extension of all files that are going to utilize SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your site point to the proper files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

Server Side Includes may be activated without any problem with each and every semi-dedicated server package that we offer and the entire process shall take you just one minute and just a number of mouse clicks. You can activate SSI by making an empty .htaccess file inside a domain name or subdomain root folder using the File Manager tool in the Hosting Control Panel or an FTP app of your choosing, then typing in a couple of lines of code, which you will be able to get from the SSI article in our extensive Knowledgebase. The only thing remaining after that shall be to double-check if all web pages that will implement Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and also to change the links to different pages on your website, as a way to represent the modifications in the file extensions.