.htaccess is a small text file that is installed either directly inside a domain folder or in a subfolder to tell the server how it must manage requests when an Internet site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Numerous famous scripts including WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your site, for example, you could block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party sites, or you can request the visitor to input a username and a password in order to view the content. You can also set up URL forwarding or use personalized error pages for your site, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etc. An .htaccess file offers you significantly more control over your sites and the way they function.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you get any of our shared hosting plans, you can benefit from our user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You will not need to know what syntax the various directives in such a file need to have, as our tool is very easy to use and you'll only have to check boxes or type in URLs, so you can easily use an .htaccess file even if you have never had a website hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator provides a number of options - you'll be able to block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when someone opens your site, create password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, plus more. You will even be able to set a different PHP version for each one of your Internet sites.

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you start a semi-dedicated server account with our company, you will be able to use our powerful, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You could pick the folder where the file shall be set up and after that you'll only have to select a checkbox next to each option you want to use - it's as simple as that. If you need to set up URL forwarding or to set personalized error pages for any of your websites, you'll need to enter a web address, but you won't have to enter any special code at any time, so you can easily use our tool even if you do not have previous experience. As our sophisticated Internet hosting platform supports a number of different versions of PHP, you shall also be able to choose the version which any site will use, even if it's not like the one selected for the account as a whole.