.htaccess is a small text file which is placed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the server how it has to address requests when a site or a folder that's part of it is accessed. A lot of widely used scripts such as WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your Internet site, for example, you could block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you could request the visitor to input a username and a password in order to view the content. You may also set up URL forwarding or use custom error pages for your website, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file shall give you significantly more control over your websites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Web Hosting

When you get any of our shared web hosting plans, you can take full advantage of our easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that is part of the Hepsia CP. You won't need to know what syntax the various directives in this type of a file should have, because our tool is very simple to use and you will only need to check boxes or enter URLs, so you can certainly use an .htaccess file even in case you have never had an Internet hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator provides a wide range of options - you could block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when someone opens your website, set up password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, and much more. You'll even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your websites.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our Linux semi-dedicated plans come with the advanced, yet easy-to-use Hepsia CP, that features our .htaccess generator tool. It'll enable you to create a system file within any folder that you pick with a couple of mouse clicks. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you could take advantage of all the functions an .htaccess file features as our tool is extremely intuitive to use. You'll find a list of all the options you can enable and there shall be a checkbox next to each and every one of them. Just choose the options that you'd like to enable and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the .htaccess file to redirect one URL to another or to set custom made error pages. You'll not have to input any code at any time. If required, you may use an .htaccess file to employ different versions of PHP for your sites, as several versions are available simultaneously on our website hosting platform.