.htaccess is a small text file that's located either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the server how it must address requests when an Internet site or a folder that's part of it is accessed. A lot of widespread scripts like WordPress and Joomla™ use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your website, for example, you could block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party sites, or you could request the guest to input a username and a password to view the content. You can also set up URL forwarding or use custom made error pages for your website, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so forth. An .htaccess file gives you a lot more control over your Internet sites and the way they work.
.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting
If you get any of our shared hosting packages, you can take full advantage of our intuitive .htaccess generator tool, which is part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll not need to know what syntax the many directives in this type of a file should have, since our tool is very easy to use and you will only need to check boxes or enter URLs, so you can use an .htaccess file even if you have never had a website hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator provides a lot of options - you are able to block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when an individual opens your site, create password protection, redirect a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, plus more. You will even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your websites.