Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a list of directives that will enable you to contain the content of a text file within an HTML file. By doing this, you'll be able to add any kind of content to various pages in your site and adjust it by just editing just one text file. You can additionally add the output of various scripts so that the present date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of some file appear on your website. This shall let you incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your site visitors and creating a more professional look and feel. It will also be simpler to update this content when compared with editing every static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your website, the pages that include the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

It is possible to use Server Side Includes with all cloud hosting packages we offer and enable it independently for each domain or subdomain within your hosting account. This can be done with an .htaccess file, which should be positiioned in the folder where you wish to use SSI and you have to enter a few lines of code in that file. You can find the code within our Knowledgebase area, so you can simply just copy it, as you do not need any programming expertise to take advantage of all capabilities that our services incorporate. In case you have currently built your site and you want to use Server Side Includes afterwards, you will need to ensure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the site, otherwise SSI won't work.