.htaccess is a small text file that is placed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to guide the web server how it must handle requests when a site or a folder which is part of it is accessed. A lot of widely used scripts such as WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your Internet site, for example, you may block the access of specific IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you could request the visitor to type in a username and a password to be able to see the content. You may also set up URL redirecting or use customized 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 gives you a lot more control over your websites and the way they perform.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

If you get any of our shared hosting solutions, you can take full advantage of our intuitive .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia CP. You shall not need to know what syntax the various directives in this type of a file need to have, because our tool is easy to use and you will only have to check boxes or type in URLs, so you can use an .htaccess file even if you have never had a web hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator offers a large amount of options - you could block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when a person opens your site, set up password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, plus much more. You'll even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your Internet sites.