Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a list of directives that will allow you to incorporate the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add some content to various web pages in your site and alter it by simply updating one text file. You are able to also incorporate the output of distinctive scripts so that the current time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file show up on your site. This shall let you incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more inviting to your site visitors and creating a more professional visual appearance. It will be quicker to update this content in comparison with updating every static page one by one. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your website, the web pages that contain the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is available on our modern cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the Linux web hosting package you choose, it will be easy to utilize this function and make your site more dynamic. All you will need to do will be to create a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you would like to use SSI and after that add a number of lines of code in it. You'll not need any kind of coding skills though, as you can simply copy the needed code from the help section, or our technical support can assist you enable SSI for any specified site. You just need to customize the extension of any html file which will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all of the links to these pages on the website are accurate.