What is SHTML?

Question

I recently learned about SHTML. And also I look at a site with extensions like .shtml.

What is the purpose of SHTML in how it differs from HTML and DHTML

Answer 1

SHTML is a file extension that lets the web server know that the file should be processed using Server Side Includes (SSI).

(HTML ... you know what it is, and DHTML is the Microsoft name for Javascript + HTML + CSS or something else).

You can use SSI for (for example), including a common header and footer on your pages, so you don’t need to repeat the code many times, and changing one included file updates all your pages at once. You just put it on your HTML page as normal.

It is built into the standard XML comment and looks like this:

<!--#include virtual="top.shtml" --> 

It has been largely replaced by other mechanisms, such as PHP, but some hosting packages still support it and nothing more.

You can read in this article.

Answer 2

Its just HTML from Server Side includes .