Server Side Includes (SSI) is a popular server-side scripting language, which is used to include the content of one file inside of a second file. It is utilized typically with online content and it could help to make a static HTML website a lot more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote displayed on various web pages on your website, for instance, you can make a text file and switch the quote within it each day. All webpages where this file is incorporated will show the modified quote, so you will not have to edit every one of them manually each time. SSI may also be used to incorporate the output of simple functions instead of a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or maybe the current date and time. In this manner, you may make your site appear more professional and a lot more appealing to the website visitors. Web pages that implement SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

As our custom made cloud hosting system offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you'll be able to work with this function with all of the cloud hosting plans we have and bring dynamic content to your sites with only a few mouse clicks. SSI can be enabled for every individual domain name or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the website folder with a few lines of code. Certainly, you don't have to be a programmer for that as the needed code can be copied from the Help article that we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you'd like to utilize this function for your site, you have to rename your website files from .html to .shtml and you have to double-check if all links on your website lead to the modified names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get a semi-dedicated server package with us, you will be able to activate Server Side Includes with a couple of mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your choice. We have a detailed Help article about the subject you could see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a number of lines from the article inside an .htaccess file that you ought to create in the root folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be all set. You need to only make certain that all files utilizing SSI possess the right extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and that the links on your site are kept up to date and lead to the already renamed files.