.htaccess is a small text file that is installed either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the web server how it should manage requests when a website or a folder that's part of it is accessed. Many commonly used scripts like WordPress and Joomla use an .htaccess file. If you get a considerable amount of fake traffic to your website, for example, you could block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party websites, or you can request the guest to type in a username and a password to be able to see the content. You could also set up URL redirecting or use customized error pages for your website, prevent other Internet sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so forth. An .htaccess file will give you far more control over your sites and the way they work.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Website Hosting

If you purchase any of our cloud website hosting plans, you can reap the benefits of our user-friendly .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll not need to know what syntax the different directives in such a file need to have, since our tool is easy to use and you shall only need to check boxes or type 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 may block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when a person opens your site, set up password protection, redirect a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, and much more. You shall even be able to set a different PHP version for each one of your sites.