.htaccess is a small text file that's placed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to guide the server how it should manage requests when a site or a folder that's part of it is accessed. Many commonly used scripts like WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a considerable amount of fake traffic to your Internet site, for example, you could block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you can request the guest to enter a username and a password in order to view the content. You could also set up URL forwarding or use custom error pages for your site, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etc. An .htaccess file shall give you significantly more control over your Internet sites and the way they operate.

.htaccess Generator in Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functions that an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with such matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool that comes with all of our hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will give you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder which you have created in the account. A lot of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one that you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for any of your Internet sites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites even if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.