Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a group of directives that will permit you to contain the content of a text file in an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add any kind of content to few different web pages in your website and modify it by just editing one text file. You can furthermore add the output of different scripts so that the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of a file display on your site. This will enable you to incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the website more inviting to your website visitors and giving it a far more professional overall appearance. It will likewise be simpler to update this content as compared to editing each static page one at a time. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that include the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Website Hosting

All the Linux website hosting we offer you support Server Side Includes, so that you can bring in dynamic elements to your static site that you host on our cloud platform. By setting up an empty .htaccess file and adding several lines of code inside, you can enable SSI for a domain or a subdomain. The file concerned should be within the specific folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also see the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you do not need any kind of coding knowledge. Our 24/7 tech support staff shall also be able to assist you with activating Server Side Includes if you're not certain what to do. You should furthermore remember to change the extension of all files which will utilize SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your website lead to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

It will not take you over a moment to enable Server Side Includes if you have a semi-dedicated server plan from our company. When you choose to activate this feature, you need to set up an .htaccess file in the root folder for the domain name or subdomain where you would like SSI to be active. In this file, you need to copy some code, that you can find in the FAQ article we have dedicated to SSI. You'll find the latter in the Help area of your Hosting Control Panel, so you don't require any previous knowledge of this kind of things. The only 2 things you should deal with are renaming all web pages that will use Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and changing each of the links in your website, in order that they point to the updated files.