Server Side Includes (SSI) is a popular server-side scripting language, which is used to add the content of one file inside of a second file. It's employed mostly with online content and it could make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote shown on several webpages within your website, for example, you can create a text file and replace the quote in it every day. All the pages in which this file is integrated are going to display the modified quote, so you'll not need to alter all of them personally each time. SSI can also be used to contain the output of simple functions rather than a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or even the current date and time. This way, you can make your internet site look a lot more professional and more attractive to the visitors. Pages that employ SSI have a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting
All shared hosting plans that we offer you support Server Side Includes, so that you can incorporate dynamic elements to your static website that you host on our cloud platform. By creating an empty .htaccess file and adding a few lines of code inside it, you're able to activate SSI for a domain name or a subdomain. The file involved needs to be within the exact folder where you will use SSI and you can also see the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding experience. The 24/7 tech support crew shall also be in a position to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you're not confident how to proceed. You should additionally remember to change the extension of all files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your site point to the right files.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It won't take you more than a moment to enable Server Side Includes when you've got a semi-dedicated server package with us. When you choose to activate this feature, you have to set up an .htaccess file in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you would like SSI to be enabled. In this file, you must copy and paste some code, which you can get in the FAQ article we have dedicated to SSI. You'll find the latter within the Help section of your Hosting Control Panel, so you don't need any previous knowledge of these types of matters. The only 2 things you need to deal with are renaming all of the pages that will utilize Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and changing all of the links in your site, so they lead to the renamed files.