With an .htaccess file, you shall define how the web server which manages the requests to your Internet sites should act a number of scenarios. This is a text file with directives that are carried out when someone tries to open your Internet site and what happens next depends on the content of the file. For instance, you could block a certain IP address from accessing the website, so the server will decline your visitor’s request, or you can forward your domain to another URL, so the server will direct the visitor to the new web address. You could also use custom-made error pages or secure any part of your website with a password, if you place an .htaccess file in the correct folder. Many well-known script-driven applications, including WordPress, Drupal™ and Joomla™, use an .htaccess file to function correctly.

.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting

If you would like to use any of the functionalities that an .htaccess file offers, but you've never dealt with this type of matters before, you should use the .htaccess generator tool provided with all our cloud hosting packages. The tool is part of our in-house built Hepsia CP and it'll give you an uncomplicated and intuitive means to set up an .htaccess file within any folder you have created inside the account. A large number of options will be available with checkboxes, so you should only pick the one you need and eventually input a URL - if you are using the file to forward a domain or to set customized error pages for each of your sites. As our cloud platform supports a number of different PHP versions, you shall also be able to set any of these versions for any of your websites even if it's different from the version set for your website hosting account as a whole.