Server Side Includes (SSI) is a popular server-side scripting language, employed to incorporate the content of one file inside of a second file. It is utilized typically with online content and it can make a static HTML website more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote shown on a variety of pages of your site, for example, you can make a text file and replace the quote in it each day. All of the web pages where this file is included are going to display the modified quote, so you'll not need to edit all of them personally each time. SSI can also be used to incorporate the output of simple functions as opposed to a static file - for instance, the client's IP address, a hit counter or maybe the present date and time. By doing this, you may make your site seem more professional and a lot more attractive to the visitors. Pages that employ SSI have a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

Server Side Includes is available on our progressive cloud hosting system, so regardless of the Linux shared hosting that you choose, you'll be able to use this function making your website more dynamic. Everything you have to do is to make a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain or subdomain where you would like to use SSI and add a number of lines of code in it. You simply will not require any coding skills however, as you're able to simply just copy the needed code from the help section, or our technical support can assist you to activate SSI for a given website. You just need to modify the extension of any html file which will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all of the links to those web pages on the website are accurate.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server package through us, you'll be able to activate Server Side Includes with a few clicks and for any domain or subdomain of your choosing. We've got a comprehensive Help article about the subject you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a couple of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you should create in the root folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be all set. You should just be sure that all of the files utilizing SSI possess the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and that the links on your website are kept up to date and lead to the already renamed files.