Why .shtml file?

A Web file with the suffix of ".shtml" (rather than the usual ".htm") indicates a file that includes some information that will be added "on the fly" by the server before it is sent to you. A typical use is to include a "Last modified" date at the bottom of the page.
 
SHTML stands for Server-parsed HyperText Markup Language. It is a file extension identifying a particular type of HyperText Markup Language (HTML) file.
 
SHTML. A file extension that is also sometimes known as SSI, SHTML is an HTML file that includes server instructions or server side includes and is similar to an ASP file. This file is used to associate files that include server instructions, so all files load as fast as possible.
 
SHTML is a file extension that lets the web server know the file should be processed as using Server Side Includes (SSI). (HTML is...you know what it is, and DHTML is Microsoft's name for Javascript+HTML+CSS or something).
 
A file extension that is also sometimes known as SSI, SHTML is an HTML file that includes server instructions or server side includes and is similar to an ASP file.
 
This Hypertext Transfer Protocol facility is referred to as a server-side include. (Although rarely done, the server administrator can identify some other file name suffix than ".shtml" as a server-side include file.) You can think of a server-side include as a limited form of common gateway interface application. In fact, the CGI is not used. The server simply searches the server-side include file for CGI environment variables, and inserts the variable information in the places in the file where the "include" statements have been inserted.

When creating a Web site, a good idea is to ask your server administrator which environment variables can be used and whether the administrator can arrange to set the server up so that these can be handled. Your server administrator should usually be able to help you insert the necessary include statements in an HTML file.
 
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A file extension that is also sometimes known as SSI, SHTML is an HTML file that includes server instructions or server side includes and is similar to an ASP file.
 
Not to mention SHTML is a file expansion that is normally best-known as SSI as well.
SHTML is an HTML file that excludes server manual or server-side features and is related an ASP file.
This file is used to subordinate files that include server manual , so all files load as speedy as it can.
 
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