This article will help you use server side includes (SSI) with your hosting service

DETAILS:

Web pages using SSI (server side includes) should be named with the .shtml file extension to keep things simple. However SSI tags in files of any extension will not be read without a .htaccess file. You can include SSI tags in any file including .html and .htm files by using a file with these entries:

Options +Includes
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml .html .htm

Upload this file to the web root of your (ss) Shared-Server service (usually /var/www/html along side your main index file). NOTE: Because the ".htaccess" file starts with a "." your ftp client may hide it from you. This will cause all files ending in .shtml .html and .htm to be parsed by the SSI engine on the server.

Revisions:

12-18-2008: Added Revisions Box