Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a list of directives that will permit you to contain the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this way, you're able to add some content to few different web pages in your website and adjust it just by updating one text file. You'll be able to additionally incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the current time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the attributes of some file show up on your website. This shall enable you to add some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your site visitors and creating a far more professional overall appearance. It will be easier to revise this content in comparison to updating every static web page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that contain the content of some file must be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

It will be possible to use Server Side Includes with all of the cloud website hosting plans that we offer and enable it independently for every single domain or subdomain in your hosting account. You can do this by using an .htaccess file, which should be positiioned in the folder in which you want to use SSI and you need to type in a few lines of code in that file. You can get the code inside our Knowledgebase section, so you're able to simply just copy and paste it, as you do not need any programming capabilities to benefit from all of the features that our services come with. In case you have currently built your site and you wish to employ Server Side Includes later, you have to ensure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the website, otherwise SSI won't work.