An .htaccess file is a text file which includes directives that tell a web server how to operate in specific situations. It must be placed into the folder where these directives should be performed. Loads of script-driven applications employ this type of a file to work properly - WordPress and Joomla™, in particular. You can use such a file with customized content as well and do a wide range of things - block an IP address, an entire network or particular sites from accessing your site, set personalized error pages that shall be displayed instead of the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the site, direct a domain or a subdomain to a new web address, set up a password-protected area plus more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have significantly better control over your online presence.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you would like to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file provides, but you have never dealt with this type of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all of our shared hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will offer you an uncomplicated and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder which you have created within the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your sites. As our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even when it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you create a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall be able to use our efficient, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, which is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You could pick the folder in which the file will be set up and after that you will simply need to select a checkbox next to each option that you'd like to use - it's as easy as that. If you need to set up URL forwarding or to set customized error pages for each of your websites, you shall also have to enter a web address, but you won't have to input any special code at any time, so you can certainly use our tool even if you have no previous experience. Because our sophisticated Internet hosting platform supports a number of different versions of PHP, you'll also be able to pick the version which any site will use, even if it's not the same as the one selected for the account as a whole.