An .htaccess file is a text file which incorporates directives that tell a web server how to act in specific cases. It needs to be positioned in the folder where these directives should be executed. Many script-driven applications use this sort of a file to work properly - WordPress and Joomla™, for instance. You can use this sort of a file with custom made content as well and do a wide range of things - block an IP address, a whole network or particular sites from accessing your site, set tailor-made error pages that will be displayed instead of the server-generated ones in case a visitor encounters some error on the site, direct a domain or a subdomain to a new web address, set up a password-protected area plus more. With an .htaccess file, you'll have significantly better control over your presence online.

.htaccess Generator in Shared Hosting

You can use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our modern cloud platform irrespective of which Linux shared hosting package you choose when you sign up. What is more, if you'd like to use one of the functions which such a file provides, but you do not have much experience, you can use our .htaccess generator tool, that will provide you with an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and type in only file names or URLs. In this way, you can take advantage of an .htaccess file even though you may not know the syntax of the directives that you have to use in general. With just a few mouse clicks, you will be able to forward a domain, to choose a different home page for an Internet site, or to even set a different version of PHP for a particular site, which can be different from the version which your website hosting account uses.