An .htaccess file is a text file that contains directives which tell a web server how to behave in certain occasions. It must be placed in the folder in which these directives should be performed. Many script-driven applications use this sort of a file to operate correctly - WordPress and Joomla™, for example. You can use this kind of a file with custom made content too and do a lot of things - block an IP address, an entire network or certain sites from accessing your site, set personalized error pages that will show up rather than server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the website, forward a domain or a subdomain to a new web address, create a password-protected area and much more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have more effective control over your world-wide web presence.

.htaccess Generator in Website Hosting

You could use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our modern cloud platform irrespective of which Linux website hosting package you pick when you sign up. Also, if you would like use one of the functions which this kind of a file offers, but you do not have very much experience, you could use our .htaccess generator tool, which shall provide you with an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and enter only file names or URLs. In this way, you could use an .htaccess file even if you do not know the syntax of the directives you have to use in general. With a few clicks, you shall be able to redirect a domain, to select an alternative home page for a website, or to even set a different version of PHP for a given Internet site, which may be different from the version your hosting account uses.