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How to enable website authentication with .htaccess?

If you want to make a part of your website visible just to a certain group of users, you can enable website authentication. This way, only people who know the username and the password you have specified can enter. You can do that using the .htaccess file. First, set the folder in which the .htaccess …

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How to set the default index page with .htaccess?

By default, when you open a website, you will see the contents of the index.html or the index.php file. With .htaccess, you can set any of your files to act as an index file. First, set the folder in which the .htaccess file will be created, using the .htaccess location form at the top of …

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What is .htaccess?

The .htaccess file is a simple text file, which allows the user to control the behavior of the Apache web server with regard to his website. This file can be created manually in each folder, but we offer a much simpler and easier to use tool, which you can use to generate an .htaccess file. …

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How to disable hotlinking protection?

To disable the hotlink protection feature for a specific hostname, please mark its correspondiong checkbox and click on the “Delete” button.

How to enable hotlinking protection?

To protect your images from hotlinking, click on the “Enable Hotlink Protect” button. Select a hostname from the drop-down menu (domain or subdomain hosted in your account). If you want to protect the images for the entire domain, leave the path below as it is. In case you want to protect an internal folder only, …

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