An .htaccess file is a text file which incorporates directives which tell a web server how to operate in particular cases. It needs to be placed into the folder where these directives should be executed. Many script-driven apps employ this sort of a file to operate correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this type of a file with personalized content as well and do quite a lot of things - block an IP address, a whole network or certain Internet sites from accessing your site, set customized error pages that will be displayed instead of the server-generated ones if a visitor encounters some error on the website, redirect a domain or a subdomain to a different web address, create a password-protected area plus more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have significantly better control over your presence online.
.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting
If you want to use any of the functions an .htaccess file provides, but you have not dealt with this kind of matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all our cloud hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it will give you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file in any folder you have created within the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one that you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom made error pages for any of your websites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites regardless if it's different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you open a semi-dedicated server account with us, you'll be able to use our efficient, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You could select the folder where the file shall be created and after that you'll only need to select a checkbox next to each option you want to use - it's as basic as that. If you would like to set up URL forwarding or to set personalized error pages for any of your sites, you shall also have to type a web address, but you won't need to enter any special code at any time, so you can certainly use our tool even if you have zero previous experience. Because our innovative hosting platform supports several different versions of PHP, you'll also be able to select the version that any site shall use, even if it's not the same as the one selected for the account in general.