With an .htaccess file, you can specify how the server which manages the requests to your websites must act in a variety of cases. This is a text file with directives that are executed when an individual tries to open your website and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. For example, you can block a certain IP address from opening the Internet site, and the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain name to a different URL, so the server will redirect the visitor to the new web address. You may also use customized error pages or secure any part of your site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven apps, like Joomla™, Drupal™ and WordPress, use an .htaccess file to operate correctly.
.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting
If you want to use any of the functionalities which an .htaccess file offers, but you have not dealt with this type of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all our website hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall offer you a simple and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file within any folder that you have created inside the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one which you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom error pages for each of your Internet sites. As our cloud platform supports many different PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for each of your Internet sites regardless if it's different from the version set for your web hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server plans include an .htaccess generator tool, that's simple enough to be used by people with no previous experience. You will be able to access it using your Hepsia CP and benefit from an intuitive interface to activate any option you need. When you choose the folder in which our system will create the .htaccess file, you only need to check the boxes beside the options you want to enable, then save the changes and you shall be good to go. The one thing you shall have to type manually will be a URL - if you wish to use the .htaccess file to redirect one of your domains/subdomains to another address or if you prefer to use personalized error pages. Our platform will also enable you to set the PHP version which an Internet site will use by placing an .htaccess file within its root folder, even when your account as a whole uses a different version.