With an .htaccess file, you will specify how the server that handles the requests to your websites should act in various cases. This is a text file with directives that are performed when somebody tries to open your site and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. As an example, you could block a certain IP address from accessing the Internet site, and the server will decline the visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to an alternative URL, so the server may redirect the visitor to the new web address. You can also use custom error pages or shield any part of your Internet site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widespread script-driven applications, like WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function efficiently.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

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.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The semi-dedicated hosting packages which we offer come with an efficient, but user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, which will provide you with the chance to use this sort of a file for any purpose even when you are not very experienced. The tool is incorporated into the Hepsia CP and has the same intuitive interface. If you'd like to use any of the options that can be activated with an .htaccess file, you just have to check the box next to it in the list that you will find when you open the tool. You may also decide in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you shall be all set. An .htaccess file can be used to set a PHP version for a given site that is different from the version that the account itself uses. Should you have any problems, we have detailed help articles and educational videos that will explain to you first-hand how to activate any option available in the tool.