With an .htaccess file, you'll specify how the web server which addresses the requests to your websites must act in a variety of scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are executed when an individual tries to open your Internet site and what happens next depends on the content of the file. As an example, you could block a certain IP address from accessing the website, so the server will decline the visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to a different URL, so the server will redirect the visitor to the new web address. Also you can use tailor-made error pages or secure any part of your Internet site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven apps, like WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to operate correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Web Hosting

If you want to use any of the functions which an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with such matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all of our cloud web hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it shall offer you a simple and intuitive means to create an .htaccess file in any folder that you have created in the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set custom made error pages for each of your sites. Because our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for each of your Internet sites even if it's different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Linux semi-dedicated plans that we provide include a powerful, but easy-to-work-with .htaccess generator tool, that will give you the opportunity to use such a file for any purpose even when you are not experienced. The tool is included in the Hepsia CP and has the same intuitive interface. If you'd like to use some of the options that could be enabled using an .htaccess file, you just need to check the box next to it in the list which you shall 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 ready. An .htaccess file can also be used to set a PHP version for a certain site that differs from the version which the account itself takes advantage of. In case you have any difficulties, we have comprehensive help articles and educational videos which will demonstrate first-hand how to activate any option which is available in the tool.