Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will enable you to incorporate the content of a text file within an HTML file. This way, you'll be able to add some content to various web pages in your website and change it just by editing one text file. You'll be able to furthermore incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file show up on your website. This shall help you add in some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more desirable to your visitors and giving it a more professional appearance. It will be quicker to update this content in comparison to updating every static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Website Hosting

Since our custom cloud hosting system offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you will be able make use of this feature with any of the website hosting packages we offer and incorporate dynamic content to your sites with just a few clicks. SSI is activated for each individual domain or subdomain by placing an .htaccess file in the site folder with just a few lines of code. Of course, you don't need to be a coder for that because the needed code can be copied from the Help article we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you wish to employ this function for your website, you have to rename your site files from .html to .shtml plus you've got to double-check if all of the links on your website lead to the modified names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to activate and employ Server Side Includes with just a few mouse clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server packages since the option is supported within the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be configured. All you need to do would be to create an empty file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a few lines of code in it. You can find the latter within the Help articles that are offered within your account, so you do not require any programming abilities - you're able to just copy and paste the code in question. All webpages that will make use of Server Side Includes need to have a .shtml extension, so in case you incorporate this feature to an active site, you have to make sure that you bring up to date all of the links on it.