Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a group of directives that will enable you to contain the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you are able to add any kind of content to various web pages in your site and alter it by just modifying an individual text file. You're able to also add the output of different scripts in order that the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of some file show on your website. This shall enable you to incorporate some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more appealing to your visitors and giving it a far more professional overall appearance. It will be much easier to update this content compared to editing every static page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that incorporate the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Hosting

As our custom made cloud hosting platform has Server Side Includes on a global level, it will be possible to utilize this function with all of the hosting packages we have and incorporate dynamic content to your sites with a few clicks. SSI is activated for every individual domain or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the site folder with a few lines of code. Certainly, there is no need to be a coder for that as the needed code can be copied from the Help article that we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you'd like to use this function for your website, you must rename your website files from .html to .shtml and you will have to double-check if all links on your website lead to the up to date names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

It will be possible to activate and utilize Server Side Includes with a few clicks with any of the semi-dedicated server plans since the option is present within the cloud platform where your account will be set up. All you need to do is to create a blank file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a handful of lines of code inside. You'll find the latter in one of the Help articles that can be found in your account, so you have no need for any programming expertise - you're able to simply copy and paste the code in question. All pages that are going to use Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so if you add this function to an existing website, you must make sure that you update all the links in there.