Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a list of directives that will allow you to include the content of a text file within an HTML file. This way, you can add any kind of content to numerous web pages in your site and change it by just updating one text file. You'll be able to additionally incorporate the output of various scripts so that the present date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file show up on your site. This will help you add some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your visitors and creating a professional overall appearance. It will also be easier to update this content compared to updating each static page one at a time. If you want to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that include the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

As our custom cloud hosting system offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you are able to use this function with the shared website hosting packages that we feature and bring dynamic content to your sites with just a few clicks. SSI can be activated for each particular domain name or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the site folder with a couple of lines of code. Naturally, you do not have to turn into a programmer for that since the required code can be copied from the Help post that we have related to Server Side Includes. If you want to use this feature for your website, you'll want to rename your website files from .html to .shtml and you've got to double-check if all of the links on your site lead to the updated names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to enable and employ Server Side Includes with merely a couple of mouse clicks with any of our semi-dedicated server offers as the feature is featured on the cloud platform where your new account will be configured. All you have to do is to create a blank file named .htaccess via your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a number of lines of code in it. You will find the latter inside the Help articles that can be found within your account, so you do not require any kind of programming expertise - you'll be able to simply just copy the code in question. All webpages that will utilize Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you add in this function to an existing website, you should make sure that you change all the links on it.