Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which lets you include text from a specified source in a website. In the most widespread scenario, the text from a file is incorporated in a different one, providing a site the sense that it is dynamic. For instance, if your website has ten webpages, 5 of them can easily have the content of some file, like horoscope.txt. In case you modify this text file, the updated content will come up on all five web pages, which will help you revise your website much easier than if you had to update a part of all 5 web pages. Server Side Includes is at times employed to contain the output of simple commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that is displayed on the website, the present time and date or the customer's IP address. Any webpage that uses SSI will need to have a unique extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Hosting

All hosting we provide support Server Side Includes, so you're able to bring in dynamic components to any static site that you host on our cloud system. By setting up a clear .htaccess file and typing in some lines of code inside, you'll be able to activate SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file in question needs to be within the particular folder where you are going to use SSI you'll be able to see the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any coding practical experience. Our 24/7 technical support crew shall also be capable to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you aren't confident how to proceed. You should also make sure to modify the extension of all your files which will implement SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your website lead to the correct files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you get a semi-dedicated server plan with us, it is possible to activate Server Side Includes with only a few mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your preference. We've got a comprehensive Help article about the subject that you can see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines out of the article within an .htaccess file that you need to create in the root folder of the domain name/subdomain and you will be all set. You need to just be sure that all of the files using SSI possess the proper extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, and also that the links on your site are modified and lead to the already renamed files.