I'am trying to include the use of SSI in my website. From what I have heard and read, the SSI can make the changes faster, also the loading time is decreased. I only have html pages as of now and I'am not thinking of making all of them change from .html to .shtml as its a lengthy process. I will be writing this line into the .htaccess file: AddHandler server-parsed .html Is this ok or should I use XBitHack, actually I don't know about it much? If somebody can guide me in the usage of XBitHack, that is also fine. Can someone tell me how much extra pressure parsing SSI puts on your server? I also want the pages to be cached and result in faster increased performance. Also, should I block the individual files which are included in the robots.txt file? I'am planning to have 4-5 files to be included in all the pages. Currently there are 100 pages and they will go upto 5000 pages in future. Will this have an SEO effect in some way or any disadvantage? Currently I have only one file as a template file and what I update in this file, all pages reflect the change. Is it more convenient as of now or will the implementation of SSI will make my life more comfortable.
What for do you need XBitHack? Just parse htmls... Pressure - yes. Cached parsed? What do you mean? Rebuild all to static html and cache as you wish