We have designed many Advanced Instruments accessible to you totally free with our VicHost Online Control Panel! They are intended for web–developers and for site owners who need to handle their web hosting setting independently. You can quickly make an .htaccess file, switch the PHP release for your personal website hosting account, change the php.ini file, configure many automatic chores and apps, and a lot more!

All Advanced Instruments follow the structure pattern of our Online Control Panel, leading them to be truly simple to use.

Hotlink Protection

Shield yourself from data transfer theft

Any time you come up with genuine content there’s always somebody that will try to get hold of it without having your agreement. It applies equally to textual content and also graphics. This is where the Hotlink Protection tool integrated into VicHost’s Online Control Panel will truly assist you. With a click, you are going to safeguard all graphics within your website by blocking other websites from connecting to them.

By result of this, not only will you avoid other people from using your visuals, but you will at the same time ensure that you adhere to your monthly data traffic limit.

Hotlink Protection

.htaccess generator

Computerized creation of .htaccess files

By making use of the .htaccess file, it’s easy to manage your website – create redirections, come up with password guarded folders, etc. In the VicHost Online Control Panel, it’s easy to set up completely new .htaccess files employing our strong .htaccess Generator.

You do not need to know anything at all as related to .htaccess files in order to use the .htaccess Generator. Merely identify the adjustments you want to make with the tool’s straightforward interface and it is going to automatically create the needed code on your behalf.

.htaccess Generator

IP blocking

Block out malicious IP addresses from accessing your web site

In the VicHost Online Control Panel we’ve integrated quite a useful tool that permits you to limit the ability to access your sites by barring unique IP addresses. While using the IP blocking tool, you are able to put a stop to an IP address or even a full range of IPs from accessing your site. To find out which IP addresses produce the ’harmful’ website traffic to your site, you should check out the Stats Manager.

All of the IPs are obstructed right away and no one will be able to see or access your web site from them anymore.

IP Blocking

PHP configuration

Customize the PHP rules for one’s website

The VicHost Online Control Panel provides you the opportunity to rapidly customize the PHP version for your own account. You can choose from various earlier PHP releases all the way to the most up–to–date stable PHP release. We’ve made an easy–to–operate interface that allows you to alter the PHP version as frequently as you want. And the build you have selected is going to be used promptly.

Regardless of what PHP release you choose, furthermore, you will have total control in the php.ini file – the PHP configuration file for your hosting account. It’s easy to update a lot of common options, revise the whole php.ini file or rapidly return all changes as well as set things back to their normal condition.

PHP Configuration

Cron Jobs

Create automatic scheduled jobs

When there’s something that your web site or web app will need to conduct day after day, you are able to automate it thanks to a cron job. Cron jobs help you to make planned tasks, that may be implemented at selected time intervals. You may set cron jobs to mail you the rank of your web site daily as well as to remove non–permanent files once a week in order to liberate disk space in your hosting account.

Each and every cloud hosting package is designed with a varied number of cron jobs. More cron jobs are available at any time through the Online Control Panel.

Cron jobs

Password Protection

Great way to secure all your files

Password protection is really an option to secure your website with a password to make sure that just a pre–defined group of account holders have access to it. For instance, you’ll most likely need password protection in case you create your site and don’t want search engines or others to find it prior to it being all set or whenever you want to have an exclusive folder for your site with authorized entry.The Password Protection tool enclosed at the VicHost Online Control Panel can assist you to achieve this with simply a couple of mouse–clicks. You will be the only person who knows the username and password required to log in if you do not share them with someone else.

The password are going to be stored in a protected file format, so no individual should be able to view it or check it out. Only you, as the webmaster can be in a position to change it.

Password Protection