An .htaccess file is a text file which features directives that tell a web server how to operate in specific cases. It needs to be placed in the folder in which these directives should be executed. A lot of script-driven apps employ this kind of a file to function correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, in particular. You can use this type of a file with custom made content as well and do a wide range of things - block an IP address, a whole network or particular websites from accessing your site, set tailor-made error pages which shall appear instead of the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the site, redirect a domain or a subdomain to another web address, create a password-protected area and more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have significantly better control over your presence online.
.htaccess Generator in Hosting
If you would like to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this kind of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool that comes with all of our hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall give you an uncomplicated and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder that you have created within the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one that you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set customized error pages for any of your websites. Since our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even if it's different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.