What is a .htaccess File?

A htaccess file is a configuration file that allows web servers like Apache to perform special functions when serving a HTML, php , asp, shtml pages etc. ".htaccess file" is a plain-text file that is save as .htaccess without any extra characters before or after the name of the file.

How to create create a htaccess file

.htaccess files are created by using a text editor on the server or by using notepad and save the filename as ".htaccess" . Just create your first .htaccess file by going to your server, in the file manager, click on new page and enter .htaccess as the file filename. That will create your htaccess file.

You can also create a htaccess file by using a text editor like notepad, click on file saveas and type ".htaccess" as file name with the quotation marks around the htaccess that will create you an empty htaccess file.

Note - Applying .htaccess to Folders and Sub-Folders

Htaccess file controls the folder it resides on. This allows you to specify custom settings on a per directory basis if you really want it. Your .htaccess file doesn't need to be in the root directory of your web server. You can put it in any directory, and the settings specified by that .htaccess file applies to the current directory as well as any subdirectories

.htaccess file can be used to handle all kinds of cool tricks on the server that you probably never see.

Editing a .htaccess File

If you already have a .htaccess file, you can edit your htacces file just the way you edit files on the sever, select your htaccess file and click on edit to edit it.