With an .htaccess file, you shall define how the server that manages the requests to your web sites have to act a number of situations. This is a text file with directives that are executed when someone tries to open your site and what happens next depends on the content of the file. For instance, you may block a specific IP address from accessing the website, and the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain name to a different URL, so the server may redirect the visitor to the new web address. Also you can use customized error pages or protect any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven applications, including WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function efficiently.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you want to use any of the features which an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all of our shared hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it'll give you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file inside any folder you have created inside the account. A huge number of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one which you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set customized error pages for any of your websites. Since our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites even when it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated packages which we offer feature a powerful, but time and effort saving .htaccess generator tool, which will provide you with the chance to use such a file for any purpose even when you are not too experienced. The tool is incorporated into the Hepsia CP and has the same intuitive interface. If you would like to use any of the options that may be enabled using an .htaccess file, you simply need to check the box next to it in the list which you will find when you open the tool. Also you can select in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you'll be all set. An .htaccess file can also be used to set a PHP version for a particular Internet site which is different from the version that the account itself employs. Should you have any problems, we have comprehensive help articles and educational videos that shall demonstrate first-hand how to activate any option that is available within the tool.