.htaccess is a small text file that is placed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to guide the web server how it must handle requests when a website or a folder that's part of it is accessed. Lots of widespread scripts such as Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a considerable amount of fake traffic to your website, for example, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party sites, or you can request the guest to type in a username and a password to be able to see the content. You may also set up URL forwarding or use personalized error pages for your site, prevent other websites 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 Internet sites and the way they work.
.htaccess Generator in Cloud Website Hosting
If you wish to use any of the functionalities an .htaccess file offers, but you have not dealt with such matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all our cloud website hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will offer you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created inside the account. A lot of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one that you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set customized error pages for each of your sites. Considering that our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites regardless if it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you start a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall be able to use our powerful, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, which is offered with the Hepsia hosting CP. You may select the folder in which the file shall be set up and after that you will only have to select a checkbox next to every single option which you want to use - it's as basic as that. If you want to set up URL redirection or to set customized error pages for any of your websites, you will also need to enter a web address, but you won't need to enter any special code at any time, so you can easily use our tool even if you have zero previous experience. As our innovative hosting platform supports a number of different versions of PHP, you shall also be able to choose the version which any website shall use, even if it's not like the one selected for the account in its entirety.