With an .htaccess file, you can define how the server which manages the requests to your web sites must act a number of situations. This is a text file with directives that are carried out when someone tries to open your website and what happens next is determined by the content of the file. For instance, you may block a specific IP address from accessing the site, which means that the server will decline your 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 personalized error pages or protect any part of your Internet site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many well-known script-driven applications, including WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to work properly.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you want to use any of the features which an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all our shared hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it'll offer you a simple and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created inside the account. Quite a few options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one that you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set personalized error pages for any of your Internet sites. Because our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites even if it's different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer you come with a powerful, but user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, that will give you the chance to use this kind 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 would like to use any of the options that could be activated via an .htaccess file, you just need to check the box next to it inside the list which you shall find when you open the tool. You can also choose in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you shall be good to go. An .htaccess file may also be used to set a PHP version for a particular site which is different from the version that the account itself uses. In case you have any issues, we have comprehensive help articles and video lessons which will explain to you first-hand how to enable any option that's available in the tool.