.htaccess is a small text file that is located either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the server how it should handle requests when a site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. A lot of commonly used scripts such as WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your site, for instance, you may block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party websites, or you may request the guest to input a username and a password to be able to see the content. You could also set up URL redirecting or use customized error pages for your Internet site, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so forth. An .htaccess file shall give you significantly more control over your websites and the way they function.

.htaccess Generator in Web Hosting

If you would like to use any of the features that an .htaccess file provides, but you have not dealt with this sort of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all of our web hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall provide you with an easy and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder that you've created within the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your Internet sites. Because our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites regardless if it's different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server packages feature an .htaccess generator tool, that is easy enough to be used by people without previous experience. You shall be able to access it using your Hepsia Control Panel and benefit from an intuitive interface to enable any option you would like. After you pick the folder in which our system will create the .htaccess file, you simply need to check the boxes next to the options that you'd like to enable, then save the changes and you shall be set. The one thing you will have to enter manually shall be a URL - if you'd like to use the .htaccess file to redirect one of your domains/subdomains to an alternative address or if you want to use customized error pages. Our platform shall also enable you to set the PHP version that an Internet site will use by putting an .htaccess file in its root folder, no matter if your account in its entirety uses a different version.