.htaccess is a small text file that's installed either directly inside a domain folder or in a subfolder to tell the server how it should handle requests when a site or a folder that's part of it is accessed. A lot of popular scripts including Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your website, for example, you can block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you can request the guest to type in a username and a password in order to see the content. You can also set up URL redirecting or use personalized error pages for your website, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file will give you much more control over your websites and the way they operate.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you would like to use any of the features which an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with such matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all our shared hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will give you a simple and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file inside any folder which you have created inside the account. A lot of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom made error pages for any of your sites. Since our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for any 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
Our semi-dedicated server packages provide an .htaccess generator tool, which is easy enough to be used by people with no previous experience. You will be able to access it via your Hepsia Control Panel and take advantage of an easy-to-use interface to activate any option you'd like. As soon as you pick the folder where our system will create the .htaccess file, you only need to check the boxes beside the options which you want to activate, then save the changes and you shall be ready. The only thing you will have to input by hand will be a URL - if you would like to use the .htaccess file to redirect one of your domains/subdomains to a different address or if you would like to use customized error pages. Our platform shall also allow you to set the PHP version which a site will use by adding an .htaccess file within its root folder, regardless if your account in general uses a different version.