Server Side Includes (SSI) is a basic server-side language, which allows you to include text from a specific source in a web page. In the most popular situation, the text from a file is included in a different one, giving a site the feeling that it is dynamic. As an example, if your site includes ten webpages, five of them can easily have the content of some file, like horoscope.txt. Once you change this text file, the modified content is going to appear on all of the five pages, which shall permit you to revise your website faster and easier than if you had to modify an element of all 5 web pages. Server Side Includes is occasionally utilized to include the output of simple commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that is shown on the website, the present date and time or the visitor's IP address. Any webpage that employs SSI will need to have a particular extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

All of the shared website hosting service that we offer support Server Side Includes, so you're able to bring in dynamic elements to any static website which you host on our cloud system. By creating an empty .htaccess file and adding a couple of lines of code in it, you're able to enable SSI for a domain or a subdomain. The file concerned must be in the exact folder where you will use SSI and you will get the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any coding knowledge. Our 24/7 technical support crew will also be capable to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you're not sure how to proceed. You should also make sure to change the extension of all files which will implement SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your site point to the proper files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you get a semi-dedicated server package through our company, you will be able to enable Server Side Includes with a few clicks and for any domain name or subdomain that you choose. We have a comprehensive Help article about the subject that you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to enable Server Side Includes will be to copy a couple of lines out of the article within an .htaccess file that you should make in the main folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be good to go. You need to only make sure that all files utilizing SSI have the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, and also that the links on your website are updated and lead to the already updated files.