Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is used to add the content of one file inside a second file. It's utilized mainly with online content and it will help to make a static HTML site much more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on various webpages of your site, for instance, you can make a text file and replace the quote within it every single day. All the webpages where this file is incorporated are going to show the modified quote, so you'll not need to change every one of them by hand every single time. SSI can also be used to contain the output of basic functions rather than a static file - for instance, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or even the current time and date. In this manner, you can make your website seem a lot more professional and much more attractive to the site visitors. Web pages that employ SSI get a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting

All shared plans that we offer you support Server Side Includes, so you're able to include dynamic elements to your static website which you host on our cloud platform. By creating a blank .htaccess file and adding a couple of lines of code inside, you are able to enable SSI for a domain or perhaps a subdomain. The file in question needs to be within the exact folder where you will make use of SSI and you can find the code inside our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding knowledge. Our 24/7 technical support crew shall also be able to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you are not sure how to proceed. You should also remember to change the extension of all your files that are going to make use of SSI from .html to .shtml and ensure that the links on your website lead to the right files.