Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a list of directives that will permit you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. By doing this, you're able to add any kind of content to few different webpages in your website and adjust it by simply modifying an individual text file. You'll be able to additionally incorporate the output of distinctive scripts so that the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file display on your site. This will allow you to add some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more inviting to your site visitors and creating a much more professional look and feel. It will likewise be much easier to update this content when compared with updating each static page one at a time. If you want to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that include the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting
Server Side Includes is supported on our innovative cloud hosting platform, so no matter the cloud website hosting that you pick, it will be easy to use this feature making your website more dynamic. All that you need to do is going to be make a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain or subdomain in which you would like to use SSI and then add a handful of lines of code inside. You simply won't need any coding skills though, since you can basically copy the necessary code from the help section, or our tech support team can help you activate SSI for a specific website. You just need to modify the extension of the html file which will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all of the links to these web pages on the site are accurate.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you get a semi-dedicated server plan from us, it will be easy to activate Server Side Includes with just a few mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your preference. We've got in-depth Help article about the subject that you could find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to activate Server Side Includes will be to copy a number of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you ought to create in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be ready. You need to only ensure that all files making use of SSI possess the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and also that the links on your website are modified and point to the by now updated files.