Server Side Includes (SSI) is a widely used server-side scripting language, which is used to include the content of one file within a second file. It's used mainly with online content and it can make a static HTML site much more dynamic. If you want to have a daily quote shown on multiple pages on your site, for instance, you can create a text file and switch the quote within it every single day. All the pages in which this file is incorporated will show the updated quote, so you will not have to alter all of them personally every time. SSI could also be used to contain the output of basic functions as opposed to a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or maybe the current date and time. In this way, you can make your website seem far more professional and much more attractive to the visitors. Web pages that implement SSI have a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

All the Linux shared hosting we offer you support Server Side Includes, so you can add dynamic elements to any static website that you host on our cloud system. By creating a blank .htaccess file and entering some lines of code within it, you are able to enable SSI for a domain or a subdomain. The file concerned should be inside the exact folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also discover the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you do not need any kind of coding knowledge. The 24/7 tech support crew will also be able to assist you with activating Server Side Includes if you are not sure what to do. You should additionally remember to change the extension of all of the files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your site point to the appropriate files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Server Side Includes could be activated easily with every single semi-dedicated server plan that we provide and the whole process is going to take you just one minute and just a number of mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by making an empty .htaccess file in a domain name or subdomain root folder using the File Manager tool in the Hosting Control Panel or an FTP application of your choice, then incorporating a few lines of code, which you'll be capable to get out of the SSI article inside our extensive Knowledgebase. The only thing left following that shall be to double-check if all of the pages that will make use of Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and to modify backlinks to different pages on your website, so as to reflect the changes in the file extensions.