Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which lets you incorporate text from a specified source within a website. In the most popular scenario, the text from a file is included in a second one, providing a site the sense it is dynamic. For example, in case your website features 10 web pages, 5 of them can include the content of some file, like horoscope.txt. Any time you modify this text file, the new content is going to appear on all five webpages, which will permit you to update your website much easier than if you had to change part of all 5 web pages. Server Side Includes is in some cases employed to incorporate the output of basic commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that is shown on the website, the current date and time or the visitor's IP address. Any webpage that utilizes SSI will need to have a unique extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting

All shared web hosting plans we offer support Server Side Includes, so you're able to include dynamic components to any static site which you host on our cloud system. By creating a clear .htaccess file and entering a few lines of code inside it, you'll be able to enable SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file involved needs to be within the specific folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also find the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any kind of coding experience. The 24/7 tech support team shall also be in a position to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you're not certain what to do. You should additionally make sure to modify the extension of all files that will utilize SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your site lead to the appropriate files.