An .htaccess file is a text file which includes directives that tell a server how to act in specific situations. It needs to be put in the folder where these directives should be performed. Loads of script-driven apps employ this type of a file to operate properly - WordPress and Joomla™, for example. You can use such a file with custom content as well and do a lot of things - block an IP address, an entire network or specific sites from accessing your site, set tailor-made error pages that shall be displayed instead of the server-generated ones if a visitor encounters some error on the site, forward a domain or a subdomain to another web address, set up a password-protected area and much more. With an .htaccess file, you will have significantly better control over your world-wide web presence.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functions which an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool included with all our cloud hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it will give you an uncomplicated and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder which you have created inside the account. Many options shall be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one that you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set customized error pages for any of your Internet sites. Because our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites regardless if it is different from the version set for your hosting account as a whole.