With an .htaccess file, you can determine how the web server which addresses the requests to your Internet sites must act a number of occasions. This is a text file with directives that are performed when somebody tries to open your Internet site and what happens next depends on the content of the file. For example, you may block a specific IP address from opening the Internet site, and the server will decline the visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain to some other URL, so the server may direct the visitor to the new web address. You can also use custom error pages or secure any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many popular script-driven apps, including WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functions that an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with this kind of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all of our website hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will provide you with an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder you have created inside the account. A large number of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set personalized error pages for any of your sites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you'll also 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.