.htaccess is a small text file that's located either directly in a domain folder or inside a subfolder to inform the server how it must handle requests when a website or a folder which is part of it is accessed. Numerous widely used scripts such as Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a lot of fake traffic to your Internet site, for example, you can block the access of particular IP addresses and third-party websites, or you can request the visitor to input a username and a password to view the content. You could also set up URL forwarding or use custom error pages for your site, prevent other sites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, and so on. An .htaccess file offers you a lot more control over your websites and the way they work.
.htaccess Generator in Cloud Hosting
You may use an .htaccess file for any purpose on our modern cloud platform no matter which cloud hosting you select when you sign up. Furthermore, if you want to use one of the functions that this kind of a file offers, but you don't have much experience, you may use our .htaccess generator tool, that will provide you with an easy-to-use interface where you can use checkboxes and type only file names or URLs. That way, you could use an .htaccess file even if you do not know the syntax of the directives that you need to use in general. With only a few clicks, you'll be able to forward a domain, to select a different home page for a website, or to even set a different version of PHP for a particular Internet site, which may be different from the version your web hosting account uses.