Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a list of directives that will enable you to include the content of a text file in an HTML file. This way, you're able to add any kind of content to various pages in your website and change it simply by updating just one text file. You're able to also incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the present date and time, the IP address of the visitor or the attributes of some file show up on your website. This shall allow you to incorporate some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more inviting to your website visitors and giving it a much more professional overall look. It will be easier to update this content compared to updating each static web page one by one. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your site, the web pages that incorporate the content of any kind of file should be with extension .shtml.

Server Side Includes in Cloud Website Hosting

As our unique cloud hosting platform features Server Side Includes on a global level, you are able to work with this feature with all of the cloud website hosting packages that we feature and add dynamic content to your websites with a few mouse clicks. SSI is enabled for every individual domain name or subdomain by inserting an .htaccess file in the website folder with a couple of lines of code. Certainly, you don't have to turn into a programmer for that since the required code may be copied from the Help post we have regarding Server Side Includes. If you'd like to utilize this feature for your website, it is important to rename your site files from .html to .shtml and you will have to double-check if all of the links on your website point to the updated names.