With an .htaccess file, you will determine how the web server which handles the requests to your websites must act in various scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are carried out when someone tries to open your Internet site and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. As an example, you can block a certain IP address from opening the Internet site, so the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain to a different URL, so the server may direct the visitor to the new web address. You could also use tailor-made error pages or secure any part of your site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widespread script-driven apps, including Joomla™, WordPress and Drupal™, use an .htaccess file to function efficiently.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting

If you want to use any of the functions an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with such matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool provided with our shared website hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will provide you with an easy and intuitive means to create an .htaccess file within any folder that you have created inside the account. Many options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one which you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom made error pages for any of your sites. Because our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites regardless if it is different from the version set for your web hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated services that we offer you include a powerful, but easy-to-work-with .htaccess generator tool, which will provide you with the opportunity to use this type of a file for any purpose even if you are not very experienced. The tool is built into the Hepsia Control Panel and has the same intuitive interface. If you want to use any of the options which could be activated with an .htaccess file, you simply need to check the box next to it within the list which you'll find when you open the tool. You can also pick in which directory of your account the file will be created and you'll be ready. An .htaccess file can be used to set a PHP version for a particular website that differs from the version which the account itself employs. If you have any troubles, we have detailed help articles and video lessons that will explain to you first-hand how to activate any option which is available inside the tool.