.htaccess is a small text file which is located 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 which is part of it is accessed. Many widely used scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your Internet site, for instance, you may block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you could request the guest to enter a username and a password in order to view the content. You may also set up URL forwarding or use customized error pages for your website, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file offers you far more control over your Internet sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you want to use any of the functionalities an .htaccess file offers, but you have never dealt with this kind of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all our cloud hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will give you an easy and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file in any folder you have created inside the account. A huge number of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your websites. As our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for each of your Internet sites even when it's different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server plans provide an .htaccess generator tool, that is simple enough to be used by people with no previous experience. You'll be able to access it via your Hepsia CP and benefit from a user-friendly interface to enable any option you'd like. Once you pick the folder where our system will create the .htaccess file, you simply need to check the boxes beside the options that you want to enable, then save the changes and you shall be all set. The one thing you will have to enter manually shall be a URL - if you wish to use the .htaccess file to forward one of your domains/subdomains to an alternative address or if you want to use personalized error pages. Our platform will also enable you to set the PHP version which an Internet site will use by placing an .htaccess file in its root folder, even when your account as a whole uses a different version.