Server Side Includes (SSI) is a basic server-side language, which enables you to include text from a given source inside a web page. In the most widespread case, the text from one file is included in another, giving a website the sense that it's dynamic. As an example, in case your site involves 10 web pages, five of them can easily contain the content of any kind of file, such as horoscope.txt. In case you change this text file, the modified content will come up on all of the five webpages, which shall enable you to bring up to date your website faster and easier than if you had to change an element of all 5 pages. Server Side Includes is in some cases employed to include the output of basic commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that is displayed on the website, the present time and date or the visitor's IP address. Any webpage that uses SSI should have a particular extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

All of the Linux cloud packages we provide support Server Side Includes, so that you can bring in dynamic elements to any static site that you host on our cloud platform. By creating a clear .htaccess file and adding some lines of code in it, you are able to enable SSI for a domain or perhaps a subdomain. The file concerned should be in the exact folder where you will use SSI and you'll get the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, which means you do not need any kind of coding expertise. The 24/7 tech support staff will also be able to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you are not certain how to proceed. You should furthermore remember to modify the extension of all your files that will use SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your site lead to the appropriate files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you get a semi-dedicated server plan with our company, you'll be able to enable Server Side Includes with only a few clicks and for virtually any domain or subdomain that you pick. We have in-depth Help article about the subject 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 from the article in an .htaccess file that you ought to set up in the main folder of the domain/subdomain and you will be ready. You need to simply make sure that all of the files implementing SSI have the correct extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your website are kept up to date and point to the by now renamed files.