Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is often used to incorporate the content of one file inside of a second file. It is employed typically with online content and it could help to make a static HTML site a lot more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote displayed on multiple web pages within your site, for example, you can make a text file and switch the quote inside it daily. All pages in which this file is included are going to display the updated quote, so you'll not need to update all of them by hand each time. SSI could also be used to include the output of simple functions instead of a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the present date and time. In this manner, you may make your website appear far more professional and more attractive to the website visitors. Pages that employ SSI get a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting
As our custom made cloud hosting platform has Server Side Includes on a global level, it is possible to work with this feature with all of the cloud website hosting plans we feature and add dynamic content to your sites with just a few mouse clicks. SSI is enabled for every particular domain or subdomain by placing an .htaccess file in the site folder with a few lines of code. Of course, you don't have to be a developer for that as the required code can be copied from the Help article we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you'd like to employ this feature for your website, it is important to rename your website files from .html to .shtml and you've got to double-check if all of the links on your website point to the modified names.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It will not take you over a minute to enable Server Side Includes when you have a semi-dedicated server plan from us. When you choose to activate this function, you have to make an .htaccess file in the root folder for the domain or subdomain where you want SSI to be enabled. In this file, you must copy some code, that you can find in the FAQ article we have devoted to SSI. You can get the latter within the Help section of your Hosting Control Panel, so you don't require any previous experience with such matters. The only 2 things you must take care of are renaming all of the web pages that shall employ Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and bringing up-to-date each of the links on your website, to ensure that they point to the updated files.