With an .htaccess file, you can determine how the web server that addresses the requests to your websites have to act in various scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are executed when somebody tries to open your website and what happens next is determined by the content of the file. For example, you may block a specific IP address from accessing the site, which means that the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain name to an alternative URL, so the server may redirect the visitor to the new web address. You may also use personalized error pages or secure any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many widely used script-driven applications, including WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to work properly.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you would like to use any of the features that an .htaccess file provides, but you haven't dealt with this kind of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all our shared hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it'll give you an easy and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file within any folder which you have created in the account. A lot of options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one which you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set customized error pages for each of your Internet sites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you will also be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites 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 us, you shall be able to use our powerful, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, which is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You could select the folder in which the file will be set up and after that you'll simply need to select a checkbox next to each and every option which you want to use - it is as easy as that. If you need to set up URL redirection or to set personalized error pages for any of your websites, you will also need to type a web address, but you won't need to input any special code at any time, so you can easily use our tool even if you have zero previous experience. Since our advanced Internet hosting platform supports several different versions of PHP, you'll also be able to pick the version which any website will use, even if it is not identical to the one selected for the account in general.