Hello,

“.htaccess” is the default configuration file that contains rules with “server directives” that tell the server how to execute the URL .

Verious redirection, php configurations overwrite rules are executed from .htaccess

.htaccess file is also used to restrict access (password-protection) to specific files or directories on the Internet.

With .htaccess we can do the following settings like

Enable Directory Browsing

Options +Indexes

Disable Directory Browsing

Options All -Indexes

Change Default Page (order is followed!)

DirectoryIndex myhome.htm index.htm index.php

Redirect Visitors to New Page/Directory

Redirect oldpage.html http://www.yourdomainname.com/page.html

Redirect /olddir http://www.yourdomainname.com/dir/

Block Users from accessing the site

order deny,allow
deny from 192.68.20.1
deny from 202.147.2.10
deny from .spammers.com
allow from all

Block site from specific referrers

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} sitename.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} sitenamehere.com [NC]

RewriteRule .(gif|jpg)$ - [F]

Grant CGI Access in a directory

Options +ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl # To enable all scripts in a directory use the following # SetHandler cgi-script

Also you can cusomize your rules with .htaccess