Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is used to include the content of one file inside of a second file. It's used mainly with online content and it will help make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you wish to have a daily quote displayed on various webpages of your website, as an example, you can make a text file and switch the quote within it every day. All web pages in which this file is incorporated are going to display the updated quote, so you will not need to update every one of them manually each time. SSI can also be used to include the output of basic functions as opposed to a static file - for example, the visitor's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the present time and date. This way, you can make your website look much more professional and a lot more appealing to the site visitors. Web pages that use SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

All the cloud website hosting we provide support Server Side Includes, so that you can incorporate dynamic components to any static site that you host on our cloud platform. By creating a clear .htaccess file and entering a couple of lines of code within it, you can activate SSI for a domain name or perhaps a subdomain. The file in question must be within the specific folder where you will use SSI and you'll discover the code in our Frequently Asked Questions section, so you don't need any coding experience. Our 24/7 tech support crew will also be able to help you with enabling Server Side Includes if you are not sure what to do. You should additionally make sure to modify the extension of all your files that will use SSI from .html to .shtml and make certain that the links on your website point to the proper files.