With an .htaccess file, you will define how the server that addresses the requests to your web sites should act in various scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are performed when an individual tries to open your site and what happens next is determined by the content of the file. As an illustration, you may block a certain IP address from opening the site, which means that the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to an alternative URL, so the server may direct the visitor to the new web address. Also you can use personalized error pages or secure any part of your site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widespread script-driven applications, such as Joomla™, WordPress and Drupal™, use an .htaccess file to work correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you wish to use any of the functions an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool included with our cloud hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall give you an easy and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder that you have created in the account. A lot 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 forward a domain or to set customized error pages for each of your websites. Because our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for each of your sites even if 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 that we provide feature an efficient, but easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, which will give you the chance to use this sort of a file for any purpose even if you're not very experienced. The tool is integrated into the Hepsia CP and has the same intuitive interface. If you want to use some of the options which can be activated via an .htaccess file, you simply need to check the box next to it within the list that you'll find when you open the tool. You can also decide in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you'll be good to go. An .htaccess file can be used to set a PHP version for a given website that is different from the version which the account itself employs. If you have any troubles, we have in-depth help articles and educational videos that will reveal to you first-hand how to enable any option that's available in the tool.