SSI

What is it?
Server-Side Includes. A special sequence of characters ( Tokens ) can be placed on an HTML page to perform a variety of tasks such as sending an email or getting the current time. All pages containing SSI Tokens MUST have the extension .shtml so that the server can identify it and perform the necessary action.

Why should I use it?
It provides a very similar function to CGI scripts, the main difference is that the commands are run by the servers processor rather than on that of the person viewing the page.

We would rather you used CGI as SSI can use up valuable processor time on our servers. Although we do not set a limit we do reserve the right to refuse SSI access if the persons site is using up too much processor time so that it affects other peoples hosting. Simple scripts such as ones to count page hits would be all right, however if in any doubt please get in contact with us before using SSI.

How do I use it?
Going into a full tutorial of SSI is really beyond what we can put on this website, but see some of the ' resource ' links for some good tutorials.