| Feature | SHTML (SSI) | Modern PHP/Python | Static Site Generators (SSG) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Every page request | Every request (or cached) | Build time only | | Top Nav example | <!--#include --> | <?php include('top.php');?> | % include 'top.html' % (Jekyll/Hugo) | | Performance | Slow (disk I/O per request) | Moderate (opcode caching) | Fastest (pure HTML) | | Best for | Legacy intranets | Dynamic apps | Blogs, marketing sites |

Based on common technical uses, "view shtml top" most frequently refers to Server-Side Includes (SSI)

The page loads forever or crashes. Check: Does top.shtml include index.shtml ? View the top of both files:

Because SSI allows command execution, it is a target for . If a web application takes user input (like a search bar or a comment field) and reflects it directly onto an .shtml page without sanitization, an attacker can inject malicious SSI commands.

: To see the content correctly, the file must be served from a web server (like Apache or Nginx) configured to handle SSI.