Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a range of directives that will permit you to include the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this manner, you can add any kind of content to few different web pages on your site and modify it just by editing one text file. You'll be able to furthermore incorporate the output of various scripts in order that the present date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of a file show on your site. This shall enable you to add in some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your visitors and creating a professional overall appearance. It will likewise be simpler to update this content when compared with updating each static web page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that include the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Hosting
You will be able to use Server Side Includes with all hosting packages we provide and activate it independently for every domain name or subdomain inside your hosting account. This can be accomplished by utilizing an .htaccess file, which should be positiioned in the folder where you want to use SSI and you need to enter a few lines of code in that file. You can see the code inside our Knowledgebase area, so you can just copy it, as you do not need any programming expertise to benefit from all capabilities that our solutions come with. If you have by now built your website and you want to employ Server Side Includes later on, you will need to make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the site, or else SSI is not going to work.