.htaccess is a small text file that's located either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the web server how it must manage requests when an Internet site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Many widely used scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get loads of fake traffic to your Internet site, for example, you may block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party sites, or you may request the visitor to type in a username and a password in order to view the content. You can also set up URL redirecting or use custom made error pages for your 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 far more control over your websites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you wish to use any of the features an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with such matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool offered with our shared hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it'll give you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created in the account. A lot of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one that you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set customized error pages for any of your sites. As our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for each of your Internet sites regardless if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you open a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll be able to use our powerful, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that is offered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You may select the folder in which the file shall be set up and after that you'll simply need to select a checkbox next to every option that you would like to use - it is as basic as that. If you want to set up URL forwarding or to set custom error pages for each of your websites, you shall also need to type a web address, but you won't have to type in any special code at any time, so you can use our tool even if you don't have previous experience. Due to the fact that our revolutionary hosting platform supports a number of versions of PHP, you'll also be able to choose the version which any site will use, even if it's not identical to the one selected for the account in general.