Server Side Includes (SSI) is a widely used server-side scripting language, that is employed to include the content of one file inside a second file. It is employed predominantly with online content and it could help make a static HTML site more dynamic. If you want to have a daily quote displayed on various webpages of your website, as an example, you can make a text file and replace the quote within it every day. All the webpages where this file is integrated are going to show the updated quote, so you'll not have to alter them personally every time. SSI could also be used to include the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for instance, the client's IP address, a hit counter or the current date and time. In this way, you may make your site seem far more professional and much more attractive to the website visitors. Pages that employ SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting

All of the Linux cloud service we offer support Server Side Includes, so that you can bring in dynamic components to any static site which you host on our cloud system. By creating a clear .htaccess file and entering a few lines of code within it, you are able to enable SSI for a domain or a subdomain. The file in question needs to be inside the specific folder where you will use SSI and you will find the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, and that means you don't need any coding expertise. The 24/7 tech support crew shall also be in a position to assist you with activating Server Side Includes if you are not absolutely sure how to proceed. You should furthermore make sure to change the extension of all files that will use SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your site lead to the appropriate files.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers

It shall not take you over a minute to enable Server Side Includes in case you have a semi-dedicated server plan with our company. If you decide to activate this function, you will need to make an .htaccess file in the root folder for the domain or subdomain where you need SSI to be active. In this file, you must copy some code, that you can see in the FAQ article that we have dedicated to SSI. You can find the latter within the Help area of your Hosting Control Panel, so you do not require any prior knowledge about this kind of matters. The only two things you need to take care of are renaming all web pages that shall employ Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and changing each of the links on your site, to make sure they point to the updated files.