.htaccess is a small text file which is installed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the web server how it must address requests when a website or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Many commonly used scripts including Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your site, for instance, you'll be able to block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you may request the guest to input a username and a password in order to view the content. You could also set up URL redirecting or use custom 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 gives you much more control over your websites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Web Hosting

If you would like to use any of the features that an .htaccess file offers, but you have not dealt with this sort of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool included with all our web hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will give you an easy and intuitive means to create an .htaccess file within any folder you have created within the account. A large number of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one which you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for any of your Internet sites. Because our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.