Server Side Includes in Shared Hosting
Server Side Includes is available on our modern cloud hosting platform, so regardless of the shared hosting you select, it will be easy to utilize this feature making your website more dynamic. All that you will need to do is to create a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain where you want to use SSI and include a handful of lines of code inside it. You simply won't require any kind of coding skills however, as you're able simply copy the necessary code from our help section, or our tech support team can assist you activate SSI for any specific website. You just have to modify the extension of the html file which will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all of the links to those pages on the website are accurate.
Server Side Includes in Semi-dedicated Servers
Server Side Includes could be enabled with ease with every semi-dedicated server package that we offer and the full process will take you just one minute and only a few mouse clicks. You can enable SSI by setting up a blank .htaccess file within a domain or subdomain root folder with the File Manager tool in your Hosting Control Panel or an FTP application of your preference, then adding a number of lines of code, which you'll be able to copy from the SSI article in our in depth Knowledgebase. The one thing left then shall be to double-check if all webpages that will use Server Side Includes are renamed from .html to .shtml and then to edit the links to different webpages on your site, in order to reflect the changes in the file extensions.