Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a set of directives that will allow you to contain the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this way, you're able to add any kind of content to various web pages on your website and modify it by simply updating an individual text file. You'll be able to additionally add the output of various scripts in order that the current date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of some file appear on your site. This shall allow you to add some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more appealing to your site visitors and creating a professional appearance. It will also be much easier to update this content compared to editing each static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file need to be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting
Server Side Includes is available on our progressive cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the cloud web hosting plan you choose, you'll be able to make use of this feature and make your website more dynamic. All you need to do is to create a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you wish to use SSI and after that include a number of lines of code inside it. You simply will not require any coding skills though, as you're able to just copy the needed code from the help section, or our tech support team can assist you to enable SSI for any specified website. You just have to modify the extension of any html file which will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all links to these webpages on the website are appropriate.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
Server Side Includes can be activated without any problem with each and every semi-dedicated server plan that we offer and the full process is going to take you under a minute and just several mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by creating an empty .htaccess file in a domain or subdomain main folder using the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or an FTP app of your preference, then incorporating a couple of lines of code, which you'll be able to get from the SSI article in our in depth Knowledgebase. The one thing left then will be to double-check if all of the web pages that shall implement Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and also to modify the links to different webpages on your site, so as to reflect the modifications in the file extensions.