Server Side Includes (SSI) is a well-known server-side scripting language, used to add the content of one file within another file. It is used principally with online content and it can make a static HTML website a lot more dynamic. If you wish to have a daily quote shown on a number of pages on your site, as an example, you can create a text file and replace the quote within it every day. All of the web pages where this file is incorporated will display the updated quote, so you'll not have to change every one of them manually each time. SSI can also be used to contain the output of simple functions as opposed to a static file - for instance, the client's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the present time and date. This way, you can make your site seem more professional and much more appealing to the visitors. Web pages that employ SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

Server Side Includes is supported on our progressive cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the shared website hosting you pick, you will be able to make use of this function making your site a lot more dynamic. All that you will need to do is going to be make a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you wish to use SSI and then add a number of lines of code in it. You will not need any coding skills however, as you're able to simply copy the necessary code from the help section, or our tech support team can assist you to enable SSI for a given site. You need to simply change the extension of any html file that will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all of the links to these web pages on the website are accurate.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to activate and use Server Side Includes with just a number of clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server packages as the option is available in the cloud platform where your account shall be configured. All you need to do is to set up a blank file named .htaccess through your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then include a number of lines of code inside. You can find the latter in one of the Help articles available inside of your account, so you don't need any kind of programming skills - you are able to simply just copy and paste the code in question. All web pages that will make use of Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so if you add in this option to an active site, you should make sure that you update all of the links in there.