Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a range of directives that will enable you to incorporate the content of a text file in an HTML file. By doing this, you're able to add some content to numerous webpages in your website and change it by simply editing just one text file. You're able to additionally incorporate the output of different scripts in order that the current time and date, the IP address of the website visitor or the attributes of some file show on your site. This shall help you add some dynamic content to static pages, making the site more desirable to your website visitors and creating a much more professional appearance. It will also be simpler to revise this content compared to updating every static page one at a time. If you wish to use Server Side Includes on your website, the pages that contain the content of any kind of file must be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Web Hosting
Since our custom made cloud hosting system has Server Side Includes on a global level, you'll be able to work with this function with the cloud web hosting packages that we offer you and add in dynamic content to your sites with just a few mouse clicks. SSI is enabled for each particular domain name or subdomain by putting an .htaccess file in the site folder with only a few lines of code. Certainly, there is no need to turn into a developer for that as the required code can be copied from the Help post that we have concerning Server Side Includes. If you want to utilize this feature for your site, you need to rename your site files from .html to .shtml plus you've got to double-check if all of the links on your website point to the up-to-date names.