Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which is often used to add the content of one file inside of another file. It's utilized mainly with online content and it could help make a static HTML website a lot more dynamic. If you need to have a daily quote shown on a number of webpages within your site, for instance, you can make a text file and switch the quote in it daily. All the web pages in which this file is included will show the modified quote, so you'll not have to edit every one of them manually each time. SSI may also be used to incorporate the output of basic functions instead of a static file - for instance, the client's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the current date and time. In this manner, you can make your site seem far more professional and much more appealing to the site visitors. Pages that implement SSI have a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

Server Side Includes is present on our progressive cloud hosting system, so no matter the cloud website hosting plan which you select, you'll be able to make use of this function and make your site a lot more dynamic. Everything you will have to do will be to create a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain or subdomain in which you would like to use SSI and then include a couple of lines of code inside. You won't need any kind of coding skills though, as you're able to simply just copy the needed code from the help section, or our tech support team can assist you activate SSI for any given site. You just need to customize the extension of the html file that will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all links to those web pages on the website are correct.