With an .htaccess file, you'll define how the web server which addresses the requests to your websites have to act a number of scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are executed when someone tries to open your Internet site and what happens next will depend on the content of the file. As an example, you could block a particular IP address from opening the Internet site, therefore the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can redirect your domain to some other URL, so the server will redirect the visitor to the new web address. You may also use custom error pages or shield any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file inside the correct folder. Many well-known script-driven applications, like WordPress, Joomla™ and Drupal™, use an .htaccess file to work properly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you want to use any of the features which an .htaccess file offers, but you haven't dealt with this sort of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool offered with all of our cloud hosting solutions. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel and it'll offer you an uncomplicated and user-friendly means to set up an .htaccess file inside any folder that you've created inside the account. Many options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only select the one that you need and eventually type in a URL - if you are using the file to redirect a domain or to set personalized error pages for each of your Internet sites. As our cloud platform supports a number of PHP versions, you'll be able to set any of these versions for each of your sites even if it is different from the version set for your Internet hosting account as a whole.