Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will allow you to contain the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you are able to add some content to a few different webpages in your site and modify it just by editing a single text file. You are able to additionally add the output of distinctive scripts so that the current date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of some file show on your website. This shall help you add some dynamic content to static pages, making the website more appealing to your website visitors and creating a much more professional visual appearance. It will also be much easier to update this content in comparison to updating every static page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

As our custom cloud hosting system supports Server Side Includes on a global level, it's possible to work with this feature with all of the cloud hosting plans that we feature and bring dynamic content to your websites with a few clicks. SSI is activated for each specific domain name or subdomain by placing an .htaccess file in the website folder with a couple of lines of code. Certainly, you do not have to become a coder for that since the required code may be copied from the Help post we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you would like to utilize this feature for your website, you will need to rename your site files from .html to .shtml plus you've got to double-check if all of the links on your site lead to the modified names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to activate and use Server Side Includes with a number of mouse clicks with any of our semi-dedicated server packages because the option is featured on the cloud platform where your new account shall be set up. All you have to do is to set up a blank file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a couple of lines of code in it. You will find the latter within the Help articles accessible in your account, so you have no need for any kind of programming knowledge - it is possible to simply just copy the code in question. All web pages that are going to utilize Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you add in this function to an active website, you must make sure that you update all the links in there.