Download blank htaccess file
I have been trying to get some url rewrites to work with.htaccess after moving a site to a new host. Nothing seemed to work, so in frustration I removed all the code from the file, uploading a blank.htaccess file to the server. The Result: FORBIDDEN. Is this a problem with the server config? How do I go about addressing it. EDIT Ok, so I got it to work. I think it must have had something to do with the encoding or format (or whatever) of the.htaccess file itself. I origionally suspected something like this and messed with a bunch of stuff in notepad+, and thought I ruled that out. Earlier, in desperation, I recreated the file in regular notepad and it worked. Thank you all for your insights.
All you need to create or edit an.htaccess file is Notepad. It's just (and must be) a simple ASCII text file. When you upload it to your server, you must upload it as ASCII and not binary. The file has no extension like other files (.html.php etc.) but starts with a dot instead. Do not upload an.htaccess file without checking the following: Sometimes you can't view.htaccess files when you FTP to your site, so you don't always know if you've got one. Just because you can't see one doesn't mean it's not there. Files with a dot before them are not always visible, depending on your settings. You can't see an.htaccess file on your server? If this is the case, you can click the download button of you FTP program with nothing selected, which usually brings up a text box. Enter.htaccess and click OK. Another method that I've found that's always worked is to create a blank.htaccess file on your computer, select it but click download to it. When you look in the file you created and it's still blank, you don't have an.htaccess file or it's empty. If you have got an.htaccess file, download it and keep it safe. ALWAYS KEE ACKUP then if you do make a mistake, you can upload the original back. Yes, I've had to do this quite a few times I can tell you now that making a mistake in an.htaccess file can stop your whole site working STONE DEAD but if this happens, just upload the original. I'm a devil for experimenting and it's happened to me more than once. Renaming a file to.htaccess If you want to create a new.htaccess file, most text editors won't let you rename them with a preceding dot. There are two ways round this. The first is to call your file htaccess.txt then upload it to your server and rename it on the server. The second I've found is to create a htaccess.txt then open it, and resave it as.htaccess including the quot;s. Some basic rules The file must be.
The.htaccess file is a special Apache file that adjusts the way your website behaves. You can edit the existing.htaccess file on your site, or you can create a new text file in any directory and name it.htaccess. The.htaccess file is already protected and forbidden to browsers. To be sure, double check that the file is named.htaccess and not htaccess or htaccess.txt. The file must start with a dot. You can delete the.htaccess file, but it will reappear immediately as a blank file. Host Gator has default directives which will always be in place, unless you create your own directives to overrule ours.htaccess Example Even if you erase and remove the.htaccess file, Host Gator uses this code as a default. Directory Index index.html index.shtml index.php default.html home.html You can override those defaults by creating your own rules. Directory Index home.html page1.php index.txt Note: You may edit your.htaccess file (as described here.) However, if you do not code the.htaccess file correctly, it can cause website errors. Please remember, we do not offer support to code this, nor do we promise to make your code work.