An .htaccess file is a text file which contains directives which tell a web server how to operate in specific situations. It needs to be put in the folder where these directives should be carried out. Many script-driven apps use such a file to perform efficiently - WordPress and Joomla™, for example. You can use such a file with custom made content too and do a wide range of things - block an IP address, an entire network or particular Internet sites from accessing your site, set personalized error pages which shall appear instead of the server-generated ones if a visitor encounters some error on the site, redirect a domain or a subdomain to another web address, set up a password-protected area plus much more. With an .htaccess file, you shall have much better control over your online presence.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting
If you get any of our shared website hosting solutions, you can take full advantage of our user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, which is part of the Hepsia CP. You shall not need to know what syntax the various directives in this type of a file must have, since our tool is very simple to use and you shall only have to check boxes or enter URLs, so you can easily use an .htaccess file even in case you have never had a website hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator offers a number of options - you can block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when somebody opens your website, set up password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, and more. You shall even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your Internet sites.