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A Beginners Guide to Server Side Includes
Author: Kabooli Directory Editors

An Introduction to Server Side Includes

Beginner? That's OK!

While much has been written about Server Side Includes (SSIs -also known as Virtual Includes) much of this information is designed for intermediate to advanced webmasters. This article is aimed at beginners. It is assumed that the reader has no prior knowledge of scripting languages, servers, or any other advanced computer skills. This article will introduce the reader to SSIs and explain how they are used in web site development. SSIs are guaranteed to save you time as your web site develops and changes over time.

Servers: just a place for your stuff?

It is important to understand that all the code for your website is stored remotely on a computer called a server. On a very basic level, the server (remote computer) is just a place where you can store the files on the "net." These files would typically contain your web site's HTML code and possibly some files containing pictures or graphics.
For example, a very simple web site might consist of 5 web pages with five corresponding files that are stored on the server. One file is named index.html and we will have four additional files. These files might be named about-me.html , education.html , resume.html , and portfolio.html. We'll say that this simple 5 page web site is run by a freelancer who uses this site as a kind of virtual advertisement.

Servers Part 2: more than storage?

We have established that the server functions as a storage place for our files, but it is important to recognize servers can also do things. Similar to the operating systems

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