With an .htaccess file, you can define how the server which deals with the requests to your websites must act in various cases. This is a text file with directives that are carried out when someone tries to open your website and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. As an illustration, you may block a specific IP address from accessing the site, therefore the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain name to some other URL, so the server may redirect the visitor to the new web address. You can also use custom-made error pages or preserve any part of your site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven applications, including Joomla™, WordPress and Drupal™, use an .htaccess file to function correctly.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
We have an easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool that will enable you to set up and use such files without any difficulties even if you don't have previous experience and you don't know the syntax of the particular directives for this type of a file. The tool is part of the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our Linux shared hosting and any option inside it can be allowed by selecting acheckbox and eventually by inputting a username or a URL, based on what exactly you need to do with the .htaccess file. You may also choose where the file should be created, so you shall not have to do anything by hand after or before that. With an .htaccess file, you will also be able to choose the PHP version that will be active for a particular domain, regardless if it is not the same version as the one for the whole account.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The semi-dedicated packages which we offer you feature a powerful, but easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, which will give you the chance to use this sort of a file for any purpose even if you're not very experienced. The tool is included in the Hepsia Control Panel and has the same intuitive interface. If you would like to use some of the options which can be enabled via an .htaccess file, you just need to check the box next to it inside the list which you shall find when you open the tool. You can even pick in which directory of your account the file will be created and you shall be ready. An .htaccess file may also be used to set a PHP version for a specific Internet site that is different from the version that the account itself takes advantage of. If you have any difficulties, we have in-depth help articles and video tutorials that will demonstrate first-hand how to activate any option which is available in the tool.