Server Side Includes (SSI) is a set of directives that will permit you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this manner, you'll be able to add some content to a few different pages in your website and modify it simply by editing one text file. You'll be able to furthermore add the output of various scripts so the current date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of some file show on your website. This will let you add in some dynamic content to static webpages, making the website more appealing to your site visitors and creating a much more professional overall appearance. It will likewise be quicker to revise this content as compared to updating each static page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes in your website, the pages that contain the content of any kind of file must be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting
You'll be able to use Server Side Includes with all shared hosting plans we offer and activate it individually for each domain name or subdomain in your hosting account. This can be achieved when using an .htaccess file, which needs to be placed in the folder in which you want to use SSI and you have to enter a couple of lines of code in that file. You can get the code inside our Knowledgebase section, so you're able to simply copy and paste it, since you don't need any programming expertise to take advantage of all of the characteristics that our services contain. In case you have already built your site and you wish to use Server Side Includes later on, you need to make certain that you rename the files from .html to .shtml and fix the links on the website, otherwise SSI won't work.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It will be possible to enable and utilize Server Side Includes with merely a few clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server packages because the feature is featured in the cloud platform where your brand-new account will be configured. All you need to do would be to create a blank file named .htaccess via your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then add a few lines of code inside. You will find the latter inside the Help articles available in your account, so you don't require any programming knowledge - you're able to simply copy the code in question. All webpages that are going to implement Server Side Includes need to have a .shtml extension, so if you add this function to an existing site, you have to make sure that you change all of the links on it.