.htaccess is a small text file that's installed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the web server how it must handle requests when a website or a folder that is part of it is accessed. Lots of popular scripts such as WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get loads of fake traffic to your site, for instance, you may block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party sites, or you could request the guest to type in a username and a password to be able to view the content. You may also set up URL redirecting or use personalized error pages for your Internet site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so on. An .htaccess file gives you much more control over your sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Web Hosting

If you wish to use any of the features that an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all our shared web hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will provide you with an easy and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file within any folder that you've created in the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom made error pages for each of your Internet sites. As our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for each of your Internet sites regardless if it's different from the version set for your web hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server packages come with an .htaccess generator tool, that is easy enough to be used by people with zero previous experience. You'll be able to access it via your Hepsia CP and take advantage of an easy-to-use interface to activate any option you would like. As soon as you choose the folder in which our system will set up the .htaccess file, you only need to check the boxes beside the options which you want to enable, then save the changes and you will be set. The only thing you shall have to type in by hand will 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 would like to use customized error pages. Our platform will also permit you to set the PHP version which a website will use by placing an .htaccess file inside its root folder, no matter if your account in its entirety uses a different version.