.htaccess is a small text file which is located either directly inside a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the web server how it has to address requests when a website or a folder that is part of it is accessed. Numerous popular scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a considerable amount of fake traffic to your site, for example, you'll be able to block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party Internet sites, or you could request the guest to input a username and a password to view the content. You may also set up URL redirecting 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 much more control over your 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 easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that is part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You'll not need to know what syntax the many directives in this sort of a file need to have, as our tool is very simple to use and you'll only need to check boxes or input URLs, so you can easily use an .htaccess file even in case you have never had an Internet hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator provides a number of options - you may block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when a person opens your site, create password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, and much more. You will even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your Internet sites.