Server Side Includes (SSI) is a basic server-side language, which lets you incorporate text from a given source within a web page. In the most widespread situation, the text from a single file is included in a second one, giving a website the feeling that it is dynamic. For example, in case your site includes ten pages, 5 of them can have the content of any kind of file, like horoscope.txt. If you alter this text file, the updated content will appear on all of the five pages, which shall permit you to revise your website much easier than if you had to modify an element of all 5 pages. Server Side Includes is sometimes utilized to contain 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 visitor's IP address. Any webpage that utilizes SSI should have a particular extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

All the cloud plans that we provide support Server Side Includes, so that you can include dynamic components to any static website that you host on our cloud system. By creating a blank .htaccess file and typing in a couple of lines of code inside, you'll be able to activate SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file concerned must be within the particular folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also see the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you do not need any coding practical experience. Our 24/7 tech support staff will also be capable to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you aren't certain how to proceed. You should additionally make sure to change the extension of all your files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your website point to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

Server Side Includes may be activated in no time with every semi-dedicated server plan that we provide you with and the entire process is going to take you under a minute and merely a couple of clicks. You can activate SSI by creating an empty .htaccess file inside a domain name or subdomain root folder using the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or an FTP program of your choosing, then typing in a few lines of code, which you will be capable to copy out of the SSI article inside our extensive Knowledgebase. The only thing remaining then shall be to double-check if all web pages that shall use Server Side Includes are updated from .html to .shtml and also to change backlinks to different web pages on your site, so as to reflect the changes in the file extensions.