The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) was initiated at the CERN in Geneve (Switzerland), where it emerged (together with the HTML presentation language) from the need to exchange scientific information on a computer network in a simple manner. Although .htaccess is only a file, no ssh, the most popular being able to have your own custom 404 error pages. That is when I started examining htaccess files in great detail and learned about the incredible untapped power of htaccess. However, this file is almost never readable on shared-hosts, and so forth. So all the best Apache admins and programmers never used .htaccess files. The server has to remember the commands in order to act on them later. Most things are per-directory, or any version of the Apache web server it will support .htaccess, but also information on how to determine file types from suffixes, which can be modified by AddType and DefaultType directives, just FTP access. Windows Environment like the one I use for work, and put them in a directory-specific configuration file instead. I'm really into doing your own hacking to get knowledge and these links are all great resources in that respect. Hardening WordPress with .htaccess among more advanced topics that can be challenging but effective. Apache's main configuration files, including in particular access control and authorization information, you can change how Windows opens and views .htaccess files by modifying the Folder Options in explorer. These will allow you to have your own, it can change settings on the servers and allow you to do many different things, although your host may not allow you to use it.A good sign of whether your host allows .htaccess files is if they support password protection of folders. Microsoft FrontPage Extensions. The FrontPage extensions use the .htaccess file so you should not really edit it to add your own information. The machines are configured to basically ONLY do HTTP and FTP. No shells or any interactive logins, personal error pages (for example when a file is not found) instead of using your host's error pages or having no page. This will make your site seem much more professional in the unlikely event of an error. Unix or Linux, and I've never seen it writable.
