An .htaccess file is a text file which features directives that tell a server how to act in particular cases. It must be put in the folder where these directives should be carried out. Many script-driven apps employ this type of a file to operate correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this type of a file with customized content as well and do a lot of things - block an IP address, an entire network or specific websites from accessing your site, set personalized error pages that will show up rather than the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the website, direct a domain or a subdomain to another web address, create a password-protected area plus much more. With an .htaccess file, you shall have far better control over your web presence.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you want to use any of the functionalities which an .htaccess file offers, but you have not dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool that comes with our cloud hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will offer you a simple and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file within any folder that you've created in the account. Quite a few options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one you need and eventually type a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set personalized error pages for each of your sites. Since our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for each of your websites regardless if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server plans come with an .htaccess generator tool, that's easy enough to be used by people without previous experience. You shall be able to access it using your Hepsia Control Panel and benefit from an intuitive interface to activate any option you want. When you select the folder in which our system will set up the .htaccess file, you just have to check the boxes beside the options that you would like to activate, then save the changes and you shall be set. The one thing you'll have to enter by hand will be a URL - if you want to use the .htaccess file to forward one of your domains/subdomains to a different address or if you would like to use personalized error pages. Our platform will also allow you to set the PHP version that a site will use by adding an .htaccess file within its root folder, no matter if your account in its entirety uses a different version.