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#1 by admin

.htaccess is the default name of Apache's directory level configuration file and provides the ability to customise the main configuration file. The .htaccess file controls the directory it is in plus any subdirectories (Subdirectories can be overruled if they contain their own .htaccess file).

User permissions for .htaccess are controlled at the server level and are limited by us for security purposes so not all modifications will work. Any changes to the .htaccess file that we do not support can cause conflict with our configuration file and may prevent your website from showing.

Please take care if you decide to edit this file, we recommend making only small changes at a time and saving and testing after each modification. That way if your modifications are not supported you can easily go back and correct them.

The .htaccess file is not visible if you are viewing your files through the control panel's FTP client. If you would like to see them you will have to use a 3rd party FTP client as they will be visible in these.

If you do make any alterations that you can't correct then we can reset the file for you. If you require this service please send us a private message containing your username, password, domain and full address details so we can authenticate you for security reasons. We will respond once the reset is complete.

Posted on Thursday, 16th August 2007 at 9:26am

#2 by abk

I have tried using "Options -Indexes" in an .htaccess file to prevent folder listing but this generates Internal Server Error : 500. Please what is the right code on your system.
This has worked OK on some Linux webservers I had used.

Posted on Monday, 12th November 2007 at 10:44am

#3 by admin

We are sorry to say that you wont be able to do this using .htaccess files.

Posted on Monday, 12th November 2007 at 11:20am

#4 by abk

Is there a way to do this ?

Posted on Monday, 12th November 2007 at 12:15pm

#5 by admin

To achieve a similar result you could put a file called index.html/index.php in the directory, that way when someone types in the directory it won't show it's contents, it will load the index page instead.

Posted on Monday, 12th November 2007 at 12:38pm

#6 by ukdivision

Hi, I'm pretty sure that I have broken my htaccess file
I uploaded a folder that already contained another htaccess file without reading your information first.. After messing around I suspected that this may have caused the problem.

http://kenoffers.com/ I get a 500 internal server error message.

I then found your forum and it seems like this is what I have done, overwritten the original file. I use smart FTP and have my settings set to show all files but there's no sign of your htaccess file.

I have another problem in that I have never been able to access any of my additinal features like stats and errors. Is this the same password I use for my account, because I keep getting a password error when trying to access this section?

Can you fix this for me?

Posted on Saturday, 29th December 2007 at 12:56pm

#7 by ukdivision

I have another problem in that I have never been able to access any of my additinal features like stats and errors. Is this the same password I use for my account, because I keep getting a password error when trying to access this section?

It's ok I've managed to log in to this section now, my fault

Posted on Saturday, 29th December 2007 at 3:08pm

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