Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a group of directives that will allow you to incorporate the content of a text file in an HTML file. In this way, you're able to add any kind of content to numerous web pages in your site and adjust it by simply updating a single text file. You can additionally add the output of different scripts so that the current date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file show on your site. This will allow you to incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more desirable to your site visitors and creating a far more professional visual appearance. It will likewise be simpler to update this content when compared with editing each static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that include the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is featured on our progressive cloud hosting platform, so no matter the shared web hosting plan which you pick, it's possible to make use of this function and make your site a lot more dynamic. All you will have to do will be to make a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain or subdomain where you want to use SSI and after that include a couple of lines of code inside it. You won't need any coding skills however, as you're able just copy the necessary code from the help section, or our tech support team can help you activate SSI for any given site. You just have to change the extension of the html file that will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all links to those web pages on the website are appropriate.