Server Side Includes (SSI) is a list of directives that will allow you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this way, you're able to add any kind of content to various webpages on your site and alter it simply by updating one text file. You'll be able to also add the output of various scripts so that the present time and date, the IP address of the visitor or the properties of a file display on your site. This shall help you incorporate some dynamic content to static webpages, making the site more inviting to your website visitors and giving it a far more professional visual appearance. It will also be much easier to revise this content compared to updating each static page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your site, the web pages that incorporate the content of some file should be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Shared Web Hosting
Since our custom made cloud hosting system offers Server Side Includes on a global level, you'll be able to use this function with any of the shared web hosting plans that we have and incorporate dynamic content to your sites with only a few mouse clicks. SSI is enabled for every specific domain or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the website folder with just a few lines of code. Of course, you don't need to be a coder for that as the required code may be copied from the Help article we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you would like to use this function for your website, you'll want to rename your site files from .html to .shtml plus you've got to double-check if all links on your site point to the up-to-date names.