Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will permit you to incorporate the content of a text file inside an HTML file. This way, you are able to add some content to few different pages on your site and adjust it by simply editing just one text file. You are able to additionally incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file display on your site. This shall enable you to add some dynamic content to static webpages, making the website more appealing to your visitors and creating a far more professional visual appearance. It will be simpler to update this content as compared to updating each static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your site, the web pages that include the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

Server Side Includes is available on our innovative cloud hosting system, so no matter the shared hosting plan which you pick, you will be able to utilize this feature making your site a lot more dynamic. All that you will need to do is going to be make a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain or subdomain where you would like to use SSI and include a few lines of code in it. You'll not need any kind of coding skills however, as you're able to basically copy the necessary code from our help section, or our tech support team can assist you activate SSI for a given site. You just need to change the extension of the html file which will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all links to those pages on the site are accurate.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It is possible to enable and make use of Server Side Includes with merely a number of mouse clicks with any of our semi-dedicated server packages as the option is featured on the cloud platform where your new account shall be set up. All you have to do will be to set up an empty file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a couple of lines of code in it. You will find the latter inside the Help articles available in your account, so you don't require any programming abilities - it is possible to simply copy the code in question. All web pages that will use Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you add this function to an existing website, you need to make sure that you update all of the links on it.