.htaccess is a small text file that's installed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the server how it must handle requests when a site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Lots of commonly used scripts such as Joomla and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your Internet site, for instance, you may block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you could request the guest to type in a username and a password to view the content. You could also set up URL redirecting or use custom made error pages for your website, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so forth. An .htaccess file offers you far more control over your Internet sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting

If you wish to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all of our shared website hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it shall provide you with an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created within the account. A large number of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set personalized error pages for any of your websites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for each of your sites regardless if it's different from the version set for your web hosting account as a whole.