.htaccess is a small text file which is placed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the server how it must address requests when an Internet site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. A lot of widely used scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your website, for example, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party sites, or you may request the guest to type in a username and a password to view the content. You may also set up URL forwarding or use personalized error pages for your site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so on. An .htaccess file gives you far more control over your sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Website Hosting

If you want to use any of the functionalities which an .htaccess file provides, but you have not dealt with such matters before, you need to use the .htaccess generator tool included with our cloud website hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will provide you with an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder that you have created inside the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only choose the one you need and eventually enter a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set personalized error pages for each of your sites. Considering that our cloud platform supports a variety of PHP versions, you'll also be able to set any of these versions for any of your Internet sites regardless if it is different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.