Server Side Includes (SSI) is a basic server-side language, which enables you to incorporate text from a given source within a website. In the most typical scenario, the text from a file is included in a second one, providing a site the feeling it is dynamic. For instance, if your site features 10 pages, five of them can have the content of some file, such as horoscope.txt. As soon as you change this text file, the updated content will come up on all five web pages, which shall enable you to revise your website faster and easier than if you had to modify a part of all 5 pages. Server Side Includes is sometimes utilized to include the output of basic commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that's displayed on the website, the present time and date or the customer's IP address. Any webpage that works by using SSI will need to have a special extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

All Linux cloud website hosting that we offer support Server Side Includes, so you can add dynamic components to any static website which you host on our cloud platform. By making an empty .htaccess file and adding several lines of code in it, you'll be able to activate SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file concerned must be within the exact folder where you will use SSI and you'll discover the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding practical experience. Our 24/7 technical support staff shall also be in a position to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you're not certain what to do. You should furthermore make sure to modify the extension of all files that are going to utilize SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your website point to the appropriate files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you get a semi-dedicated server plan through our company, it will be easy to activate Server Side Includes with only a few clicks and for any domain name or subdomain that you choose. We've got a comprehensive Help article on the subject you could see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a couple of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you need to set up in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you will be ready. You should just be certain that all files using SSI possess the correct extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and also that the links on your website are modified and lead to the already updated files.