.htaccess is a small text file that's placed either directly inside a domain folder or in a subfolder to guide the server how it must address requests when a website or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Numerous commonly used scripts like WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your Internet site, for instance, you can 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 be able to view the content. You may 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 gives you much more control over your sites and the way they work.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you want to use any of the functions which an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool included with all our shared hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it shall give you an easy and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder that you've created within the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom made error pages for each of your websites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites even when it is different from the version set for your web hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
All our semi-dedicated servers feature the sophisticated, yet easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel, which features our .htaccess generator tool. It shall allow you to create a system file in any folder that you pick with just a few mouse clicks. Even if you are not tech-savvy, you could take full advantage of all the features that an .htaccess file features because our tool is quite intuitive to use. There is also a list of all the options which you can activate and there will be a checkbox next to each of them. Just select the options you want to enable and eventually type a URL - if you're using the .htaccess file to redirect one URL to another or to set customized error pages. You'll not have to input any code at any time. If required, you could use an .htaccess file to use different versions of PHP for your websites, as a number of versions are available simultaneously on our hosting platform.