Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, employed to include the content of one file inside of a second file. It is utilized predominantly with online content and it will make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you want to have a daily quote displayed on a few pages within your site, for example, you can create a text file and switch the quote inside it every single day. All the webpages in which this file is integrated are going to display the modified quote, so you will not have to alter all of them by hand every time. SSI may also be used to incorporate the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for example, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or the current time and date. In this manner, you may make your site seem a lot more professional and more attractive to the visitors. Pages that use SSI get a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

It will be easy to use Server Side Includes with all shared hosting plans we provide and enable it separately for each domain name or subdomain inside of your hosting account. You can do this when using an .htaccess file, which needs to be put into the folder where you want to use SSI and you have to type in a few lines of code in that file. You can get the code within our Knowledgebase section, so you're able to simply copy and paste it, since you don't need any coding capabilities to take advantage of all capabilities that our solutions contain. In case you have currently built your site and you wish to employ Server Side Includes later on, you need to ensure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and fix the links on the website, or else SSI will not work.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you get a semi-dedicated server package through us, it is possible to enable Server Side Includes with a couple clicks and for every domain or subdomain of your choice. We've got in-depth Help article on the subject that you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to enable Server Side Includes will be to copy a handful of lines out of the article within an .htaccess file that you should create in the root folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be ready to go. You need to just be certain that all of the files using SSI possess the accurate extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your website are modified and lead to the already renamed files.