Server Side Includes (SSI) is a popular server-side scripting language, used to add the content of one file inside of another file. It is used predominantly with online content and it can help make a static HTML website far more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote displayed on a number of web pages on your website, for example, you can make a text file and switch the quote inside it each day. All of the webpages in which this file is included will show the updated quote, so you will not have to modify all of them personally every single time. SSI may also be used to contain the output of basic functions as opposed to a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or the present time and date. By doing this, you can make your site appear more professional and more attractive to the site visitors. Pages that implement SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

It will be possible to use Server Side Includes with all of the shared hosting plans we provide and activate it individually for every single domain name or subdomain in your hosting account. This can be achieved by using an .htaccess file, which should be placed in the folder in which you want to use SSI and you have to enter a few lines of code in that file. You can see the code in our Knowledgebase section, so you're able to just copy and paste it, as you do not need any programming capabilities to benefit from all of the functions that our services have. If you have already built your website and you would like to use Server Side Includes later, you need to make sure that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and correct the links on the website, otherwise SSI will not work.

Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Hosting

It will be easy to enable and make use of Server Side Includes with a number of mouse clicks with any of the semi-dedicated server plans since the option is present on the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be set up. All you have to do would be to make an empty file named .htaccess via your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then place in a couple of lines of code inside. You can find the latter inside the Help articles that are offered in your account, so you have no need for any programming knowledge - it is possible to just copy the code in question. All pages that are going to utilize Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so if you add in this option to an active website, you must make sure that you bring up to date all of the links on it.