Few years back when .htaccess override is not made available in most shared web hosting, when choosing for web hosting we need to make sure this is a provided feature. Now, almost all linux hosting plan allows you to have .htaccess override, and what we need to have is the .htaccess editor tool. It is unnecessary to edit the .htaccess file manually, you can now use the .htaccess editor tool to get the setting changed.
Ipage hosting support .htaccess file and they are providing .htaccess editor tool as well. You can use the .htaccess editor to carry out few server setting configuration. And following are the few thing you can achieve:
- hotlink protection.
- password protection.
- Block IP addresses.
- change MIME type.
- custom error page.
- change default page.
- URL redirect.
- open directory browing.
“Settings are inherited: commands in a .htaccess file affect both the directory it is in and any subdirectories of that directory. A file in your main directory will affect your whole site. To override inherited settings in a subdirectory, add a .htaccess file to the subdirectory.“
.htaccess is a feature provided by linux hosting, not available in windows hosting. View ipage hosting and their hosting plan with .htaccess editor. Ipage discount price is just $2.99 per month, a very good web hosting deal!
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