An .htaccess file is a text file that features directives which tell a server how to behave in specific occasions. It needs to be positioned in the folder in which these directives should be performed. A lot of script-driven applications use such a file to perform correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this type of a file with personalized content as well and do a lot of things - block an IP address, an entire network or certain Internet sites from accessing your site, set tailor-made error pages which shall show up instead of the server-generated ones if a visitor encounters some error on the website, forward a domain or a subdomain to a different web address, set up a password-protected area plus more. With an .htaccess file, you will have more effective control over your online presence.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you want to use any of the features that an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with this type of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool that comes with all our shared hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will offer you an easy and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file within any folder that you've created within the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your Internet sites. Because our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you'll 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.