With an .htaccess file, you shall specify how the server which manages the requests to your Internet sites must act a number of occasions. This is a text file with directives that are performed when an individual tries to open your Internet site and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. For example, you may block a specific IP address from accessing the website, and the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain name to some other URL, so the server may direct the visitor to the new web address. You could also use tailor-made error pages or shield any part of your Internet site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many widespread script-driven apps, such as WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to work correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this kind of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool included with all of our cloud hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will give you an easy and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created within the account. Quite a few options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one which you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for any of your Internet sites. Since 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 sites even if it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated hosting plans that we offer feature an efficient, but easy-to-work-with .htaccess generator tool, which will give you the opportunity to use this kind of a file for any purpose even if you're not too experienced. The tool is incorporated into the Hepsia CP and has the same intuitive interface. If you want to use any of the options that can be enabled via an .htaccess file, you just have to check the box next to it in the list which you'll find when you open the tool. You may also pick in which directory of your account the file shall be created and you'll be ready. An .htaccess file could also be used to set a PHP version for a certain site that is different from the version that the account itself uses. If you have any issues, we have detailed help articles and instructional videos that will show you first-hand how to activate any option which is available in the tool.