Server Side Includes
Find out what Server Side Includes is and exactly how it can be used to further improve your websites.
Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which can be used to include the content of one file inside another file. It's utilized mostly with online content and it will make a static HTML site more dynamic. If you'd like to have a daily quote shown on several pages of your site, for example, you can create a text file and switch the quote within it daily. All of the web pages where this file is integrated will show the updated quote, so you'll not have to modify every one of them personally each time. SSI may also be used to incorporate the output of simple functions rather than a static file - for instance, the viewer's IP address, a hit counter or perhaps the present time and date. In this manner, you may make your website look a lot more professional and much more appealing to the visitors. Pages that implement SSI have a .shtml extension.
Server Side Includes in Cloud Hosting
All of the cloud plans we offer you support Server Side Includes, so that you can bring in dynamic elements to any static site which you host on our cloud system. By making an empty .htaccess file and adding a few lines of code inside, you're able to activate SSI for a domain name or maybe a subdomain. The file in question must be in the exact folder where you will make use of SSI and you can also discover the code within our Frequently Asked Questions section, which means you do not need any kind of coding knowledge. The 24/7 tech support staff shall also be in a position to help you with activating Server Side Includes if you are not certain what to do. You should furthermore remember to modify the extension of all of the files that will use SSI from .html to .shtml and make sure that the links on your site lead to the correct files.