.htaccess is a small text file that is located either directly in a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the server how it must address requests when a site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. A lot of commonly used scripts such as WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your website, for example, you can block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you may request the guest to type in a username and a password in order to view the content. You can also set up URL forwarding or use custom made error pages for your site, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file shall give you a lot more control over your Internet sites and the way they operate.
.htaccess Generator in Hosting
We have an intuitive .htaccess generator tool that will allow you to set up and use this kind of files without trouble even if you do not have previous experience and you do not know the syntax of the particular directives for this kind of a file. The tool is part of the Hepsia CP, provided with our Linux hosting and any option inside it could be enabled by picking acheckbox and eventually by inputting a username or a URL, based on what exactly you intend to do with the .htaccess file. You may also decide where the file should be created, so you will not have to do anything manually after or before that. Through an .htaccess file, you shall also be able to choose the PHP version that'll be enabled for a particular domain, even if it is not the same version as the one for the whole account.