Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a set of directives that will enable you to incorporate the content of a text file inside an HTML file. This way, you'll be able to add any kind of content to few different pages on your site and modify it just by updating one text file. You can furthermore add the output of distinctive scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the attributes of some file show on your website. This shall enable you to add in some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more inviting to your visitors and creating a more professional look and feel. It will be easier to revise this content in comparison to updating every static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that include the content of any kind of file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

Server Side Includes is available on our innovative cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the Linux cloud website hosting service which you select, you'll be able to utilize this function making your site much more dynamic. All you will have to do will be to set up a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain or subdomain in which you want to use SSI and add a handful of lines of code inside. You'll not require any coding skills however, since you can simply just copy the necessary code from our help section, or our tech support team can assist you enable SSI for any given website. You just need to change the extension of any html file that will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all of the links to those webpages on the site are appropriate.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It will be easy to enable and utilize Server Side Includes with only a few clicks with any one of the semi-dedicated server offers as the feature is available within the cloud platform where your new account shall be set up. All you need to do will be to make an empty file named .htaccess using your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then include a few lines of code inside. You can find the latter inside the Help articles accessible in your account, and that means you do not need any kind of programming capabilities - you'll be able to simply copy the code in question. All web pages that are going to implement Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so if you incorporate this function to an existing site, you must make sure that you change all the links on it.