Server Side Includes in Shared Website Hosting
Server Side Includes is supported on our modern cloud hosting system, so no matter the shared website hosting plan which you pick, you will be able to utilize this feature making your site much more dynamic. All you must do will be to make a file called .htaccess in the home folder for the domain or subdomain where you would like to use SSI and after that add a number of lines of code inside it. You won't require any kind of coding skills though, as you're able simply copy the necessary code from the help section, or our technical support can help you activate SSI for any specific website. You just need to change the extension of the html file that will use Server Side Includes to .shtml and make certain that all links to these pages on the website are appropriate.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
It won't take you more than a moment to enable Server Side Includes when you have a semi-dedicated server plan from us. When you choose to enable this function, you will need to set up an .htaccess file in the root folder for the domain or subdomain where you would like SSI to be enabled. In that file, you have to copy some code, which you can see in the FAQ article we have devoted to SSI. You will find the latter within the Help section of your Hosting Control Panel, so you do not need any previous knowledge of this kind of things. The only two things you should take care of are renaming all of the web pages that shall use Server Side Includes from .html to .shtml and updating every one of the links in your site, to make sure they point to the updated files.