.htaccess is a small text file that's located either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to guide the web server how it should handle requests when an Internet site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Lots of famous scripts such as Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your website, for instance, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party websites, or you may request the guest to type in a username and a password in order to see the content. You can also set up URL redirecting or use customized error pages for your Internet site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so forth. An .htaccess file will give you much more control over your websites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functionalities which an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with this sort of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool offered with our shared hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall offer you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file inside any folder that you've created inside the account. Many options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set customized error pages for each of your websites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.