Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a list of directives that will permit you to contain the content of a text file in an HTML file. By doing this, you can add some content to few different pages on your website and change it by just updating one text file. You are able to also add the output of different scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the attributes of some file show up on your site. This shall enable you to add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the site more inviting to your website visitors and giving it a more professional visual appearance. It will be quicker to revise this content as compared to editing every static page one by one. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your website, the pages that incorporate the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting
Server Side Includes is present on our innovative cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the cloud plan that you pick, it's possible to use this feature making your site more dynamic. All you must do will be to set up a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you want to use SSI and after that add a handful of lines of code inside it. You simply will not require any kind of coding skills though, as you're able to just copy the needed code from our help section, or our technical support can assist you activate SSI for any given website. You just need to customize the extension of the html file which will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all links to these web pages on the website are correct.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It will be easy to enable and employ Server Side Includes with a few clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans because the feature is present in the cloud platform where your new account shall be configured. All you have to do would be to set up an empty file named .htaccess through your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a number of lines of code in it. You can find the latter inside the Help articles available as part of your account, so you do not need any programming knowledge - you are able to simply copy the code in question. All webpages that will use Server Side Includes should have a .shtml extension, so if you add this option to an existing site, you have to make sure that you bring up to date all of the links in there.