An .htaccess file is a text file that includes directives that tell a web server how to act in certain situations. It should be placed in the folder in which these directives should be executed. Many script-driven applications employ this type of a file to perform properly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this type of a file with personalized content as well and do quite a lot of things - block an IP address, an entire network or specific websites from accessing your site, set customized error pages that will appear instead of the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the site, direct a domain or a subdomain to a different web address, set up a password-protected area and much more. With an .htaccess file, you will have significantly better control over your web presence.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you want to use any of the functions an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool included with all our shared hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it'll give you a simple and intuitive means to create an .htaccess file in any folder which you have created within the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one that you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your Internet sites. As our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites even when it is different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All our Linux semi-dedicated hosting feature the innovative, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP, that incorporates our .htaccess generator tool. It'll allow you to create a system file within any folder of your choice with only a few clicks. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you can benefit from all the features that an .htaccess file provides because our tool is very intuitive to use. You'll find a list of all the options which you can enable and there shall be a checkbox next to each one of them. Just select the options that you'd like to activate and eventually enter a URL - if you're using the .htaccess file to redirect one URL to another or to set custom error pages. You will not have to enter any code at any time. If required, you could use an .htaccess file to employ different versions of PHP for your sites, since several versions are available simultaneously on our hosting platform.