With an .htaccess file, you shall define how the server which deals with the requests to your Internet sites must act a number of scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are performed when somebody tries to open your Internet site and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. As an illustration, you can block a certain IP address from accessing the site, so the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain name to another URL, so the server will direct the visitor to the new web address. Also you can use customized error pages or shield any part of your Internet site with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many popular script-driven apps, such as WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function correctly.
.htaccess Generator in Cloud Website Hosting
If you would like to use any of the functionalities an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with such matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all of our cloud website hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it shall offer you an easy and user-friendly means to create an .htaccess file within any folder which you have created inside the account. A lot of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set custom made error pages for any of your websites. Since our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites even when it is different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.
.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you open a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you shall be able to use our potent, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that's provided with the Hepsia hosting CP. You could select the folder in which the file will be created and after that you will simply have to select a checkbox next to each option that you would like to use - it is as simple as that. If you want to set up URL forwarding or to set custom made error pages for any of your Internet sites, you shall also have to input a web address, but you will not need to type in any special code at any time, so you can certainly use our tool even if you do not have previous experience. As our sophisticated web hosting platform supports a number of versions of PHP, you will also be able to pick the version that any website shall use, even if it isn't the same as the one selected for the account in general.