An .htaccess file is a text file which includes directives which tell a web server how to operate in specific situations. It must be positioned in the folder in which these directives should be carried out. Loads of script-driven applications employ such a file to perform correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this kind of a file with personalized content too and do a wide range of things - block an IP address, an entire network or specific sites from accessing your site, set custom made error pages which shall show up instead of the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the website, redirect a domain or a subdomain to a new web address, create a password-protected area and more. With an .htaccess file, you shall have significantly better control over your online presence.
.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting
We have an intuitive .htaccess generator tool which will allow you to set up and use this sort of files without trouble even if you do not have previous experience and you don't know the syntax of the specific directives for this kind of a file. The tool is part of the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux website hosting plans and any option in it may be activated by picking acheckbox and eventually by entering a username or a URL, in accordance with what exactly you would like to do with the .htaccess file. You could also select where the file should be created, so you shall not need to do anything by hand after or before that. Through an .htaccess file, you'll also be able to select the PHP version which will be active for a given domain, regardless if it's not the same version as the one for the whole account.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server solutions include an .htaccess generator tool, that's simple enough to be used by people without previous experience. You shall be able to access it through your Hepsia Control Panel and take advantage of an easy-to-use interface to activate any option you'd like. When you select the folder where our system will set up the .htaccess file, you only need to check the boxes next to the options which you want to activate, then save the changes and you will be good to go. The only thing you'll have to enter by hand will be a URL - if you want to use the .htaccess file to redirect one of your domains/subdomains to an alternative address or if you would like to use custom error pages. Our platform shall also permit you to set the PHP version that a site will use by putting an .htaccess file in its root folder, regardless if your account as a whole uses a different version.