Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a set of directives that will permit you to incorporate the content of a text file in an HTML file. In this manner, you'll be able to add some content to various pages in your website and adjust it just by modifying one text file. You're able to furthermore add the output of distinctive scripts so that the present date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of some file show on your website. This will allow you to add some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more appealing to your site visitors and creating a professional overall look. It will also be much easier to revise this content when compared with updating each static web page one by one. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your site, the web pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Web Hosting

Server Side Includes is available on our progressive cloud hosting platform, so no matter the web hosting that you select, you'll be able to utilize this function making your site much more dynamic. Everything you need to do will be to make a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain where you would like to use SSI and after that include a few lines of code inside. You'll not require any coding skills though, since you can basically copy the needed code from our help section, or our technical support can assist you enable SSI for any given website. You just have to modify the extension of any html file that will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all links to these webpages on the site are accurate.