Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a list of directives that will allow you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this manner, you'll be able to add any kind of content to various pages in your site and modify it by just editing one text file. You're able to furthermore incorporate the output of distinctive scripts in order that the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of a file show up on your site. This shall help you add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your visitors and giving it a more professional overall look. It will likewise be simpler to update this content as compared to updating every static web page one at a time. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that incorporate the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

You will be able to use Server Side Includes with all of the shared website hosting plans we offer and enable it independently for each and every domain or subdomain inside your hosting account. This can be done by using an .htaccess file, which needs to be placed into the folder in which you want to use SSI and you have to put a few lines of code in that file. You can find the code inside our Knowledgebase area, so you're able to just copy it, since you don't need any coding knowledge to benefit from all of the features that our services contain. If you have by now built your site and you would like to use Server Side Includes later on, you need to make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and fix the links on the website, otherwise SSI is not going to work.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server plan through us, you will be able to activate Server Side Includes with a few clicks and for virtually any domain name or subdomain that you choose. You will find a detailed Help article about the subject you could find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a number of lines out of the article in an .htaccess file that you ought to create in the root folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be good to go. You should only be certain that all of the files utilizing SSI have the correct extension i.e. .shtml, not simply .html, as well as that the links on your website are modified and point to the by now updated files.