.htaccess is a small text file which is installed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the web server how it has to address requests when a site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. A lot of widely used scripts including Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your Internet site, for instance, you could block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you can request the visitor to enter a username and a password in order to see the content. You could also set up URL forwarding or use customized error pages for your site, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so on. An .htaccess file will give you much more control over your websites and the way they perform.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting

When you purchase any of our shared website hosting solutions, you can take full advantage of our user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll not need to know what syntax the various directives in this sort of a file should have, because our tool is a breeze to use and you'll only have to check boxes or type in URLs, so you can use an .htaccess file even if you have never had a web hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator offers a lot of options - you may block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when a person opens your website, create password protection, redirect a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, and more. You shall even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your Internet sites.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

All our semi-dedicated servers include the sophisticated, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel, which incorporates our .htaccess generator tool. It will allow you to create a system file in any folder of your choice with just several mouse clicks. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you could benefit from all the features which an .htaccess file offers because our tool is extremely intuitive to use. You'll find a list of all the options that you can activate and there shall be a checkbox next to each one of them. Just select the options which you want to activate and eventually input a URL - if you're using the .htaccess file to redirect one URL to another or to set customized error pages. You will not have to type any code at any time. If necessary, you may use an .htaccess file to use different versions of PHP for your sites, due to the fact that a few versions are available simultaneously on our hosting platform.