Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, that is employed to include the content of one file inside another file. It's used primarily with online content and it can help make a static HTML site more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote displayed on various web pages of your site, for example, you can make a text file and replace the quote in it every day. All web pages where this file is integrated will display the modified quote, so you'll not need to alter every one of them manually every single time. SSI may also be used to contain the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for example, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or the present time and date. In this manner, you can make your site appear more professional and a lot more attractive to the visitors. Pages that use SSI use a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Hosting
Since our custom made cloud hosting system supports Server Side Includes on a global level, you will be able to make use of this function with the hosting packages that we offer and add in dynamic content to your sites with a few clicks. SSI is enabled for each specific domain name or subdomain by inserting an .htaccess file in the site folder with a couple of lines of code. Of course, you don't have to become a coder for that because the necessary code may be copied from the Help post that we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you would like to employ this feature for your site, you will need to rename your website files from .html to .shtml and you've got to double-check if all links on your website point to the current names.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get a semi-dedicated server package with us, it will be easy to enable Server Side Includes with a few clicks and for any domain name or subdomain that you pick. We've got in-depth Help article about the subject you could see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to enable Server Side Includes is to copy a number of lines from the article in an .htaccess file that you should set up in the root folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be all set. You need to only be certain that all of the files using SSI have the right extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your site are kept up to date and point to the by now renamed files.