.htaccess Files

Louis Roy

The .htaccess (for hypertext access) files are configuration files for Apache HTTP servers. They are used to prevent hot-links.

The .htaccess files allow you to add simple or complex rules to the web server of a web hosting (Apache or LiteSpeed Enterprise). You only need to add a few lines of code to an .htaccess file to prevent automatic linking.

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