Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which allows you to include text from a specific source inside a web page. In the most widespread case, the text from a single file is integrated in another, giving a site the feeling it is dynamic. For example, in case your website consists of ten pages, 5 of them can easily include the content of any kind of file, such as horoscope.txt. As soon as you modify this text file, the modified content will appear on all five pages, which will permit you to update your site much easier than if you had to update a component of all 5 pages. Server Side Includes is in some cases used to incorporate the output of basic commands, scripts or functions as well - a hit counter that is displayed on the site, the present date and time or the customer's IP address. Any web page that uses SSI will need to have a particular extension - .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting

All of the Linux shared website hosting packages we offer you support Server Side Includes, so that you can add dynamic components to any static website that you host on our cloud platform. By making a clear .htaccess file and adding several lines of code within it, you'll be able to enable SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file concerned must be within the specific folder where you will use SSI and you can also get the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you do not need any coding expertise. Our 24/7 technical support team will also be capable to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you aren't absolutely sure how to proceed. You should furthermore make sure to change the extension of all of the files which will implement SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your site point to the correct files.