Server Side Includes (SSI) is a popular server-side scripting language, which is often used to include the content of one file inside a second file. It's used principally with online content and it can make a static HTML site a lot more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote displayed on a number of pages on your site, for example, you can create a text file and replace the quote in it every single day. All of the webpages where this file is included are going to display the updated quote, so you'll not need to alter all of them manually each time. SSI can also be used to include the output of simple functions rather than a static file - for example, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the present date and time. In this way, you can make your internet site seem much more professional and a lot more appealing to the site visitors. Pages that employ SSI get a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

All the cloud website hosting plans that we provide support Server Side Includes, so you can bring in dynamic components to any static site which you host on our cloud system. By making a clear .htaccess file and entering a couple of lines of code inside, you can enable SSI for a domain name or a subdomain. The file concerned needs to be inside the particular folder where you are going to use SSI you'll be able to see the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you don't need any kind of coding practical experience. Our 24/7 technical support crew shall also be able to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you aren't absolutely sure how to proceed. You should also remember to change the extension of all your files which will implement SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your site lead to the proper files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

Server Side Includes may be enabled without any problem with every semi-dedicated server plan that we provide and the entire process will take you just one minute and just a couple of mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by making an empty .htaccess file inside a domain name or subdomain main folder with the File Manager tool in the Hosting Control Panel or perhaps an FTP program of your choice, then typing in a few lines of code, which you will be capable to copy from the SSI article inside our in depth Knowledgebase. The only thing left following that is to double-check if all of the web pages that will use Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and also to alter backlinks to different web pages on your site, so as to represent the changes in the file extensions.