Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a group of directives that will permit you to incorporate the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this manner, you're able to add some content to few different pages on your website and alter it simply by modifying just one text file. You're able to additionally add the output of distinctive scripts in order that the present date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file show up on your website. This will allow you to add some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more appealing to your site visitors and creating a much more professional visual appearance. It will be much easier to update this content in comparison with editing every static web page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting

Since our custom made cloud hosting system offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you will be able to make use of this feature with any of the cloud web hosting plans we offer and add dynamic content to your sites with only a few clicks. SSI can be activated for every individual domain name or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the site folder with just a few lines of code. Certainly, you don't need to become a programmer for that since the necessary code can be copied from the Help article we have about Server Side Includes. If you'd like to utilize this feature for your website, it is important to rename your website files from .html to .shtml plus you've got to double-check if all links on your site point to the up to date names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you get a semi-dedicated server package from our company, it is possible to activate Server Side Includes with a couple of clicks and for virtually any domain name or subdomain that you pick. We've got a detailed Help article about the subject you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to enable Server Side Includes will be to copy a number of lines out of the article inside an .htaccess file that you should create in the root folder of the domain/subdomain and you'll be ready. You should only be certain that all of the files implementing SSI have the appropriate extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, and also that the links on your site are updated and lead to the already updated files.