With an .htaccess file, you can define how the server that deals with the requests to your web sites have to act in different cases. This is a text file with directives that are carried out when someone tries to open your website and what happens next depends on the content of the file. For instance, you can block a specific IP address from opening your website, and the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to an alternative URL, so the server will direct the visitor to the new web address. You could also use personalized error pages or shield any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many popular script-driven apps, like Joomla™, Drupal™ and WordPress, use an .htaccess file to operate properly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Web Hosting

If you want to use any of the features which an .htaccess file provides, but you have not dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool included with our cloud web hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it'll offer you an easy and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file within any folder that you have created within the account. A large number of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one you need and eventually type in 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 variety of PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites regardless if it's different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated plans that we offer you come with an efficient, but easy-to-work-with .htaccess generator tool, which will give you the option to use this sort of a file for any purpose even if you're not very experienced. The tool is included in the Hepsia Control Panel and has the same intuitive interface. If you would like to use any of the options that can be activated using an .htaccess file, you just need to check the box next to it within the list which you will find when you open the tool. You can also select in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you will be set. An .htaccess file may also be used to set a PHP version for a given site which is different from the version that the account itself employs. If you have any issues, we have in-depth help articles and instructional videos that will reveal to you first-hand how to activate any option that's available within the tool.