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Server Side Includes (SSI) is a widely used server-side scripting language, employed to add the content of one file inside a second file. It's utilized principally with online content and it can help to make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on numerous pages on your website, as an example, you can make a text file and switch the quote in it each day. All the pages in which this file is incorporated will show the updated quote, so you will not need to modify all of them by hand every time. SSI can also be used to contain the output of basic functions instead of a static file - for instance, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or even the present time and date. In this manner, you can make your site appear more professional and much more attractive to the site visitors. Pages that employ SSI have a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting

All the shared web hosting we offer you support Server Side Includes, so that you can bring in dynamic elements to your static website which you host on our cloud platform. By setting up an empty .htaccess file and adding several lines of code inside, you're able to activate SSI for a domain or a subdomain. The file concerned must be in the exact folder where you will use SSI and you will find the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, which means you don't need any kind of coding practical experience. The 24/7 tech support crew will also be capable to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you're not absolutely sure what to do. You should furthermore make sure to change the extension of all of the files that are going to implement SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your site lead to the right files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It won't take you more than a minute to enable Server Side Includes if you have a semi-dedicated server package with our company. When you decide to enable this function, you have to set up an .htaccess file in the main folder for the domain or subdomain in which you want SSI to be active. In this file, you need to copy and paste some code, which you'll get in the FAQ article we have devoted to SSI. You can get the latter within the Help area of your Hosting Control Panel, so you do not require any previous knowledge about such matters. The only two things you should deal with are renaming all of the pages that shall utilize Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and replacing all the links in your site, to make sure they point to the renamed files.