.htaccess is a small text file that is installed either directly in a domain folder or in a subfolder to tell the web server how it has to address requests when an Internet site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. Lots of famous scripts including WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your site, for example, you may block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you can request the guest to type in a username and a password in order to view the content. You may also set up URL redirecting or use custom error pages for your Internet site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etc. An .htaccess file gives you much more control over your sites and the way they operate.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Website Hosting

You can use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our modern cloud platform regardless of which shared website hosting plan you choose when you sign up. Furthermore, if you would like use one of the features which this kind of a file offers, but you don't have very much experience, you will be able to use our .htaccess generator tool, that shall provide you with an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and enter only file names or URLs. Thus, you can use an .htaccess file even if you do not know the syntax of the directives you need to use in general. With just a few clicks, you shall be able to forward a domain, to select another homepage for an Internet site, or to even set a different version of PHP for a certain Internet site, which can be different from the version your hosting account uses.