With an .htaccess file, you will define how the server that addresses the requests to your Internet sites must act in a variety of cases. This is a text file with directives that are executed when someone tries to open your website and what happens next depends on the content of the file. As an illustration, you could block a specific IP address from accessing the site, therefore the server will decline the visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain to a different URL, so the server may redirect the visitor to the new web address. You may also use tailor-made error pages or protect any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many widespread script-driven applications, like WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you want to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file provides, but you've never dealt with this kind of matters before, you can use the .htaccess generator tool included with all of our shared hosting plans. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will give you an easy and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder which you have created in the account. A huge number 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 redirect a domain or to set personalized error pages for any of your websites. Since our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for any of your sites even when it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.