I use it in a "static-dynamic hybrid" site generator. There is a pure static mode, when you pre-generate all the HTML. Then there is a hybrid mode, with basic

I use it in a "static-dynamic hybrid" site generator. There is a pure static mode, when you pre-generate all the HTML. Then there is a hybrid mode, with basic templating of time/clock. SSI can also be used to update pages. When PHP is available, it can very closely approximate a dynamic site, with pages being pre-generated just in time, but then served to all subsequent requests.