Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which allows you to include text from a specified source within a web page. In the most typical scenario, the text from a single file is incorporated in a second one, providing a website the feeling it is dynamic. For example, if your website features 10 pages, 5 of them can have the content of some file, such as horoscope.txt. If you ever change this text file, the modified content will appear on all of the five web pages, which will help you update your website faster and easier than if you had to change part of all five web pages. Server Side Includes is in some cases utilized to incorporate the output of simple commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that's shown on the site, the present date and time or the customer's IP address. Every webpage that utilizes SSI should have a unique extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

All the shared website hosting plans that we provide support Server Side Includes, so you can incorporate dynamic elements to your static site that you host on our cloud system. By creating an empty .htaccess file and entering a few lines of code inside, you're able to enable SSI for a domain or maybe a subdomain. The file concerned needs to be inside the exact folder where you will use SSI and you'll discover the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding expertise. Our 24/7 tech support crew will also be able to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you are not sure how to proceed. You should furthermore remember to change the extension of all of the files that are going to use SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your website lead to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server package with us, it is possible to enable Server Side Includes with a couple of clicks and for any domain name or subdomain that you pick. We have a detailed Help article about the subject that you could find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a number of lines out of the article in an .htaccess file that you need to make in the main folder of the domain/subdomain and you'll be ready to go. You need to just make sure that all files implementing SSI possess the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not simply .html, and that the links on your site are modified and lead to the already updated files.