Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is used to add the content of one file inside of another file. It's utilized mostly with online content and it could help make a static HTML website far more dynamic. If you wish to have a daily quote displayed on many pages of your site, as an example, you can make a text file and replace the quote within it every day. All of the pages where this file is included will display the updated quote, so you'll not have to alter them manually every time. SSI can also be used to incorporate the output of simple functions as opposed to a static file - for example, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or even the present time and date. In this way, you can make your internet site appear a lot more professional and a lot more appealing to the visitors. Pages that use SSI use a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Hosting
It is possible to use Server Side Includes with all hosting packages we provide and enable it separately for every domain name or subdomain in your hosting account. This can be done when using an .htaccess file, which needs to be placed in the folder in which you want to use SSI and you have to type in a couple of lines of code in that file. You'll find the code within our Knowledgebase area, so you can simply copy it, as you don't need any coding knowledge to take advantage of all of the features that our services feature. In case you have by now built your website and you want to use Server Side Includes later on, you must make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the site, otherwise SSI won't work.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get a semi-dedicated server plan from our company, it will be easy to activate Server Side Includes with a few clicks and for every domain name or subdomain of your choosing. You will find in-depth Help article about the subject you can find in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All it takes to activate Server Side Includes is to copy a handful of lines out of the article inside an .htaccess file that you should set up in the main folder of the domain name/subdomain and you'll be all set to go. You need to simply make certain that all of the files using SSI have the appropriate extension i.e. .shtml, not .html, as well as that the links on your site are kept up to date and lead to the already renamed files.