An .htaccess file is a text file which includes directives that tell a web server how to operate in certain occasions. It should be put in the folder in which these directives should be performed. A lot of script-driven apps employ this sort of a file to perform efficiently - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this sort of a file with custom content too and do lots of things - block an IP address, an entire network or specific Internet sites from accessing your site, set personalized error pages that shall be displayed instead of the server-generated ones if a visitor encounters some error on the site, forward a domain or a subdomain to a new web address, create a password-protected area plus much more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have much better control over your online presence.

.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting

If you wish to use any of the features that an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with this kind of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all our website hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will offer you a simple and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder you have created in the account. A lot of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one which you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom made error pages for any of your Internet sites. As our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even if it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.