Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which allows you to include text from a specific source within a web page. In the most popular scenario, the text from a file is incorporated in another, providing a site the sense it is dynamic. As an example, in case your website involves 10 pages, five of them can have the content of any kind of file, such as horoscope.txt. As soon as you modify this text file, the modified content will appear on all of the five web pages, which shall let you update your site faster and easier than if you had to modify part of all five web pages. Server Side Includes is in some cases employed to incorporate the output of basic commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that's shown on the website, the present date and time or the customer's IP address. Every web page that uses SSI must have a unique extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

All of the cloud hosting we offer you support Server Side Includes, so you can add dynamic components to any static site that you host on our cloud platform. By making a blank .htaccess file and entering some lines of code within it, you can activate SSI for a domain or maybe a subdomain. The file concerned should be inside the specific folder where you are going to use SSI and you can also discover the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any coding knowledge. The 24/7 tech support staff shall also be in a position to assist you with activating Server Side Includes if you aren't absolutely sure how to proceed. You should furthermore remember to modify the extension of all files that will use SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your website lead to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to activate and employ Server Side Includes with just a number of clicks with any of the semi-dedicated server offers because the option is featured in the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be set up. All you have to do is to set up an empty file named .htaccess using your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a couple of lines of code in it. You can find the latter in one of the Help articles accessible in your account, and that means you have no need for any kind of programming skills - you're able to simply copy and paste the code in question. All webpages that will implement Server Side Includes should have a .shtml extension, so in case you add in this feature to an existing site, you should make sure that you change all the links on it.