.htaccess is a small text file which is placed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to tell the web server how it must address requests when a website or a folder that's part of it is accessed. A lot of widely used scripts including Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your website, for example, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party sites, or you can request the guest to input a username and a password to be able to see the content. You may also set up URL forwarding or use customized error pages for your Internet site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file shall give you a lot more control over your Internet sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

You could use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our innovative cloud platform regardless of which Linux shared hosting you select when you sign up. Additionally, if you need to use one of the functions that this kind of a file provides, but you do not have very much experience, you can use our .htaccess generator tool, that shall provide you with an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and type in only file names or URLs. This way, you could use an .htaccess file even though you may not know the syntax of the directives that you need to use in general. With only a few clicks, you will be able to redirect a domain, to choose another home page for an Internet site, or to even set a different version of PHP for a certain site, which can be different from the version that your website hosting account uses.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we provide come with a powerful, but easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that will give you the option to use this kind of a file for any purpose even when you are not experienced. The tool is built into the Hepsia Control Panel and has the same intuitive interface. If you want to use some of the options which could be enabled using an .htaccess file, you just have to check the box next to it inside the list which you shall find when you open the tool. You can even decide in which directory of your account the file will be created and you shall be set. An .htaccess file could also be used to set a PHP version for a particular Internet site which is different from the version that the account itself takes advantage of. In case you have any problems, we have detailed help articles and video tutorials which will show you first-hand how to activate any option available in the tool.