.htaccess is a small text file which is installed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to tell the web server how it must handle requests when a website or a folder that's part of it is accessed. A lot of famous scripts including WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your site, for instance, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party sites, or you may request the visitor to input a username and a password to be able to see the content. You could also set up URL forwarding or use custom error pages for your Internet site, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so on. An .htaccess file will give you a lot more control over your websites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

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

.htaccess Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you start a semi-dedicated server account with us, you shall be able to use our powerful, albeit simple-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia hosting CP. You can pick the folder where the file shall be set up and after that you will simply need to select a checkbox next to every option you want to use - it is as simple as that. If you need to set up URL forwarding or to set custom made error pages for any of your sites, you shall also need to input a web address, but you will not have to type in any special code at any time, so you can use our tool even if you do not have previous experience. As our innovative web hosting platform supports a number of different versions of PHP, you will also be able to select the version which any website will use, even if it isn't like the one selected for the account in its entirety.