Creating a .HTACCESS file is very easy and can be done with any ASCII text editor like textpad or notepad. I´ve noticed that many people are confused about the strange filename. Well – actually this file doesn´t even have a NAME at all, it´s just a long file name EXTENSION – .htaccess. Hence, the DOT before “htaccess” is NOT a type.

To create a .htaccess file, simply open a new blank document in your favorite text editor and SAVE the file as .htaccess. Some text editors (like notepad) do not support the Unix file FORMAT and therefore you won´t be able to save a file with the “.htaccess” extension only. In this case you can simply save the file as 1.htaccess or htaccess.txt and later (after you have uploaded it to your server) rename it to .htaccess through your FTP client.

Creating a .htaccess file is very easy and can be done with any ASCII text editor like textpad or notepad. I´ve noticed that many people are confused about the strange filename. Well – actually this file doesn´t even have a name at all, it´s just a long file name extension – .htaccess. Hence, the DOT before “htaccess” is NOT a type.

To create a .htaccess file, simply open a new blank document in your favorite text editor and save the file as .htaccess. Some text editors (like notepad) do not support the Unix file format and therefore you won´t be able to save a file with the “.htaccess” extension only. In this case you can simply save the file as 1.htaccess or htaccess.txt and later (after you have uploaded it to your server) rename it to .htaccess through your FTP client.