Server Side Includes (SSI) really is a set of directives that will enable you to include the content of a text file within an HTML file. In this manner, you'll be able to add any kind of content to numerous pages on your site and change it by just modifying a single text file. You can additionally add the output of distinctive scripts so that the present date and time, the IP address of the website visitor or the properties of a file appear on your site. This will enable you to incorporate some dynamic content to static web pages, making the website more desirable to your website visitors and creating a much more professional overall appearance. It will also be quicker to update this content as compared to updating every static page one by one. If you would like to use Server Side Includes on your website, the web pages that include the content of some file must be with extension .shtml.
Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting
As our custom cloud hosting platform has Server Side Includes on a global level, it is possible to work with this feature with all of the shared hosting packages that we offer and add dynamic content to your sites with a couple of clicks. SSI can be enabled for every specific domain or subdomain by placing an .htaccess file in the site folder with just a few lines of code. Certainly, you do not have to be a coder for that since the necessary code can be copied from the Help article that we have about Server Side Includes. If you wish to use this feature for your site, you will need 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 current names.