.htaccess is a small text file that is placed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to inform the server how it must handle requests when an Internet site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. A lot of widespread scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your Internet site, for instance, you'll be able to block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party websites, or you can request the visitor to input a username and a password to see the content. You can also set up URL forwarding or use personalized error pages for your Internet site, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file offers you far more control over your Internet sites and the way they operate.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting

You may use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our modern cloud platform regardless of which shared website hosting service you choose when you sign up. Also, if you'd like to use one of the functions that this sort of a file provides, but you don't have a lot of experience, you will be able to use our .htaccess generator tool, that will offer you an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and type only file names or URLs. Thus, you are able to work with an .htaccess file even if you do not know the syntax of the directives you need to use in general. With only a few mouse clicks, you will be able to forward a domain, to select another home page for a site, or to even set a different version of PHP for a specific Internet site, which may be different from the version that your web hosting account uses.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server solutions come with an .htaccess generator tool, that's easy enough to be used by people with no previous experience. You shall be able to access it using your Hepsia Control Panel and use an easy-to-use interface to enable any option you would like. Once you select the folder in which our system will set up the .htaccess file, you just have to check the boxes beside the options that you want to enable, then save the changes and you'll be set. The one thing you shall have to input manually will be a URL - if you wish to use the .htaccess file to redirect one of your domains/subdomains to a different address or if you want to use custom error pages. Our platform shall also enable you to set the PHP version which a website will use by adding an .htaccess file in its root folder, even when your account in general uses a different version.