Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will allow you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you'll be able to add any kind of content to few different webpages in your website and change it simply by modifying one text file. You'll be able to additionally incorporate the output of various scripts so the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file display on your website. This will help you add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your site visitors and giving it a professional overall appearance. It will likewise be much easier to update this content in comparison to updating every static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that include the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting
It will be possible to use Server Side Includes with all cloud hosting packages we provide and enable it separately for each domain name or subdomain within your hosting account. You can do this when using .htaccess file, which needs to be positiioned in the folder where you wish to use SSI and you need to type in a few lines of code in that file. You can find the code within our Knowledgebase area, so you're able to simply just copy it, as you do not need any programming knowledge to take advantage of all features that our solutions incorporate. In case you have by now built your website and you want to use Server Side Includes afterwards, you will need to make certain that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the site, otherwise SSI is not going to work.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It is possible to enable and utilize Server Side Includes with a number of clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server offers since the feature is featured within the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be configured. All you need to do will be to create an empty file named .htaccess through your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a number of lines of code inside. You can find the latter within the Help articles which can be found in your account, which means you don't require any programming abilities - you'll be able to simply just copy the code in question. All webpages that are going to utilize Server Side Includes should have a .shtml extension, so in case you add this function to an active site, you should make sure that you bring up to date all the links in there.