Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is often used to add the content of one file inside another file. It is utilized typically with online content and it will help to make a static HTML website a lot more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote displayed on multiple web pages within your website, for instance, you can make a text file and switch the quote in it each day. All the webpages where this file is integrated are going to display the modified quote, so you will not need to alter all of them manually each time. SSI may also be used to contain the output of simple functions as opposed to a static file - for example, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or maybe the current date and time. By doing this, you can make your internet site look much more professional and a lot more appealing to the visitors. Web pages that employ SSI have a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Web Hosting
You'll be able to use Server Side Includes with all of the web hosting packages that we offer you and activate it separately for every domain or subdomain in your own hosting account. This can be achieved by utilizing an .htaccess file, which should be positiioned in the folder where you wish to use SSI and you have to type in a few lines of code in that file. You can get the code within our Knowledgebase section, so you can just copy it, since you do not need any programming skills to benefit from all features that our services include. If you have currently built your website and you wish to employ Server Side Includes afterwards, you must make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and fix the links on the site, or else SSI is not going to work.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to activate and utilize Server Side Includes with only a few clicks with any of the semi-dedicated server packages as the option is featured on the cloud platform where your new account will be configured. All you have to do is to make a blank file named .htaccess via your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a number of lines of code inside. You will find the latter inside the Help articles accessible within your account, so you don't require any programming knowledge - it is possible to simply just copy the code in question. All webpages that are going to implement Server Side Includes should have a .shtml extension, so if you add in this option to an existing site, you have to make sure that you change all the links on it.