With an .htaccess file, you shall determine how the server which handles the requests to your web sites must act in different 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 could block a specific IP address from opening your website, which means that the server will decline the visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to some other URL, so the server will direct the visitor to the new web address. You can also use tailor-made error pages or secure any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven apps, including Joomla™, WordPress and Drupal™, use an .htaccess file to operate properly.

.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting

You could use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our innovative cloud platform no matter which Linux website hosting package you pick when you sign up. In addition, if you would like use one of the features which this sort of a file offers, but you don't have a lot of experience, you may use our .htaccess generator tool, which shall offer you an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and type only file names or URLs. That way, you could use an .htaccess file even if you do not know the syntax of the directives you have to use in general. With a few mouse clicks, you will be able to forward a domain, to choose an alternative home page for a site, or to even set a different version of PHP for a certain site, which may be different from the version your hosting account uses.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages which we provide come with an efficient, but user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, which will give you the opportunity to use this type of a file for any purpose even when you are not too experienced. The tool is integrated into the Hepsia Control Panel and has the same intuitive interface. If you'd like to use any of the options which could be activated using an .htaccess file, you simply need to check the box next to it in the list which you'll find when you open the tool. Also you can decide in which directory of your account the file will be created and you shall be set. An .htaccess file can be used to set a PHP version for a certain website that differs from the version that the account itself takes advantage of. If you have any problems, we have detailed help articles and video lessons that will show you first-hand how to enable any option which is available in the tool.