Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which lets you incorporate text from a given source inside a web page. In the most widespread case, the text from a single file is included in a second one, giving a site the sense that it's dynamic. For example, if your site consists of 10 pages, 5 of them can contain the content of any kind of file, like horoscope.txt. Once you alter this text file, the modified content will come up on all five webpages, which will allow you to bring up to date your website faster and easier than if you had to modify a component of all five pages. Server Side Includes is at times employed to include the output of simple 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. Every web page that works by using SSI should have a unique extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

It is possible to use Server Side Includes with all cloud website hosting packages that we provide and activate it separately for each and every domain name or subdomain inside your hosting account. This can be done when using .htaccess file, which should be put into the folder where you wish to use SSI and you need to put a couple of lines of code in that file. You will find the code within our Knowledgebase section, so you're able to just copy it, as you don't need any programming knowledge to benefit from all characteristics that our solutions contain. In case you have by now built your site and you want to employ Server Side Includes later, you need to make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the site, or else SSI won't work.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you get a semi-dedicated server plan with our company, you will be able to activate Server Side Includes with just a few mouse clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your choice. You will find in-depth Help article about the subject you could find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a couple of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you ought to create in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be good to go. You need to simply be sure that all files utilizing SSI possess the accurate extension i.e. .shtml, not just .html, as well as that the links on your site are updated and point to the by now updated files.