Server Side Includes (SSI) is a simple server-side language, which enables you to include text from a specified source in a website. In the most widespread scenario, the text from a file is integrated in another, providing a website the sense that it's dynamic. For example, if your site comprises of 10 pages, 5 of them can have the content of any kind of file, for example horoscope.txt. If you ever alter this text file, the updated content will come up on all five web pages, which shall permit you to revise your website faster and easier than if you had to update part 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's displayed on the website, the current time and date or the visitor's IP address. Every web page that utilizes SSI must have a special extension - .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Web Hosting
All of the Linux web hosting service we offer support Server Side Includes, so you can bring in dynamic components to any static website which you host on our cloud system. By making an empty .htaccess file and entering some lines of code in it, you'll be able to activate SSI for a domain or maybe a subdomain. The file in question should be inside the exact folder where you will use SSI you'll be able to discover the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any kind of coding knowledge. Our 24/7 technical support staff will also be in a position to assist you with enabling Server Side Includes if you are not absolutely sure how to proceed. You should also make sure to modify the extension of all files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your website lead to the proper files.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It is possible to activate and employ Server Side Includes with a number of mouse clicks with any one of the semi-dedicated server offers as the feature is present within the cloud platform where your brand-new account shall be set up. All you need to do will be to make an empty file named .htaccess through your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a handful of lines of code inside. You can find the latter within the Help articles that can be found within your account, and that means you don't need any programming skills - it is possible to just copy and paste the code in question. All web pages that are going to use Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you add in this feature to an existing site, you must make sure that you change all of the links in there.