Server Side Includes (SSI) is actually a range of directives that will enable you to include the content of a text file inside an HTML file. In this manner, you can add some content to a few different webpages on your site and modify it just by modifying a single text file. You're able to also incorporate the output of distinctive scripts in order that the current time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of some file appear on your site. This shall let you add in some dynamic content to static pages, making the website more inviting to your visitors and creating a more professional overall look. It will likewise be quicker to revise this content as compared to updating every static page one by one. If you want to use Server Side Includes in your website, the pages that contain the content of some file need to be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you get a semi-dedicated server package through our company, you will be able to activate Server Side Includes with just a few clicks and for virtually any domain name or subdomain that you pick. You will find a detailed Help article about the subject that you can see in your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel. All you need to activate Server Side Includes will be to copy a number of lines from the article within an .htaccess file that you should make in the main folder of the domain/subdomain and you'll be set. You should only make sure that all files implementing SSI possess the accurate extension i.e. .shtml, not simply .html, and that the links on your website are updated and point to the already updated files.