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Good/Bad of SSI (9.2)
by Jacob A. Wheeler
http://www.bigresources.com
In this section, I'm going to try and explain to you the Good/Bad points of using Server Side Includes on your site. So just like anything in this world, it also has it's pro's and con's.

Pro's
  • Saves manually editing many web pages
  • Can execute cgi/perl scripts

    Con's
  • With a high traffic site, the server could possibly slow down
  • The loading speed of each page will be effected

    Enabling SSI

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