Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a group of directives that will permit you to contain the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you can add any kind of content to few different web pages on your site and modify it just by editing an individual text file. You can additionally add the output of different scripts in order that the present time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file show up on your website. This shall enable you to add in some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more inviting to your site visitors and creating a much more professional appearance. It will also be much easier to update this content compared to updating each static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your website, the pages that include the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

Since our customized cloud hosting platform features Server Side Includes on a global level, you'll be able to implement this function with any of the cloud website hosting packages we offer you and add in dynamic content to your sites with a few clicks. SSI is enabled for each individual domain or subdomain by inserting an .htaccess file in the site folder with only a few lines of code. Certainly, there is no need to be a developer for that because the necessary code may be copied from the Help post we have regarding Server Side Includes. If you wish to use this function for your website, it's important to rename your site files from .html to .shtml and you have to double-check if all of the links on your website point to the modified names.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

Server Side Includes can be activated easily with each and every semi-dedicated server plan that we offer and the whole process will take you under a minute and just a couple of mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by making a blank .htaccess file in a domain or subdomain main folder using the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or an FTP program of your preference, then typing in a few lines of code, which you will be able to get from the SSI article within our extensive Knowledgebase. The only thing left after that will be to double-check if all webpages that will implement Server Side Includes are updated from .html to .shtml and to alter backlinks to different web pages on your website, in order to reflect the modifications in the file extensions.