# How many here utilize .htaccess files on your current hosting accounts?

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**Created:** [February 14, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372 "2026-02-14T22:03:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/1 "2026-02-14T22:03:26Z")

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Hey Everybody, a quick poll.

How many of you are utilizing `.htaccess` files on your current websites at your current hosting providers?

_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/1))_

This will help us determine the best environment to offer for our customers, so we’d really appreciate your feedback on this one. 😊

Thanks so much, hope everybody’s Valentine’s day has been filled with flowers and candy, or if you’re single, go ahead and love yourself and eat as much candy as you want! 😄 🍭 🍫

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/2 "2026-02-14T22:08:34Z")

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**Author:** ![PLM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/plm/32/31094_2.png) [@PLM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PLM)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/3 "2026-02-14T23:20:42Z")

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There is .htaccess file info in the manual. Can I just copy the text and use? Or …

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/4 "2026-02-15T00:38:53Z")

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That is for the Blog/CMS on Apache web servers, and yes you can use that if you want Pretty URLs for your Blog/CMS pages.

Sort of related to my poll, but not exactly. 😁

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-many-here-utilize-htaccess-files-on-your-current-hosting-accounts/54372/5 "2026-02-18T13:01:39Z")

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