We have developed a number of Advanced Tools which can be found to you for free using the AlexHost.UK Web Hosting Control Panel! They are created for web developers as well as for webmasters who want to control their hosting environment on their own. It’s easy to create an .htaccess file, change the PHP version for your own website hosting account, change the php.ini file, create several automated jobs and applications, and a lot more!

All of the Advanced Tools adhere to the structure pattern in our Web Hosting Control Panel, leading them to be extremely simple to use.

Hotlink Protection

Safeguard yourself from traffic theft

From our AlexHost.UK Web Hosting Control Panel, you are able to quickly protect all of the visuals on your websites from being used somewhere else without your permission. And you may make this happen with simply several clicks employing the Hotlink Protection tool.

Everything you need to make is pick the domain you wish to shield and enable the Hotlink Protection. Adjustments will take effect at once and your pics will be protected against not authorized employment and data transfer theft.

Hotlink Protection

.htaccess generator

Automated creation of .htaccess files

With the help of the .htaccess file, you can quickly take control of your website – set up redirections, set up username and password secured directories, and so much more. From the AlexHost.UK Web Hosting Control Panel, you can quickly generate new .htaccess files making use of the mighty .htaccess Generator.

You do not need to know a single thing regarding .htaccess files to use the .htaccess Generator. Simply identify the changes you would like to make with the tool’s simple point–and–click interface and it is going to easily produce the required code on your behalf.

.htaccess Generator

IP blocking

Block out malevolent IPs from ever accessing your site

For people with a well–liked website, eventually you become a victim of spammers and malicious website visitors. You can easily secure your web sites from this sort of activities through the IP blocking instrument built into AlexHost.UK’s Web Hosting Control Panel. The tool will give you the option to timely obstruct an IP address or possibly a whole range of IP addresses with merely a mouse–click.

Joined with our thorough web stats and also our GeoIP redirection software instruments, this IP Blocking tool will assist you to properly manage the entry to your website.

IP Blocking

PHP configuration

Customize the PHP rules for one’s web site

With any of the cloud hosting deals from AlexHost.UK, you can choose the PHP build for use on your websites – from old PHP versions such as PHP 4 up to the newest stable releases. It can be done with a click of the mouse. All the modifications are carried out speedily. For every PHP edition, you can get the php.ini file for your web site, so, it’s possible to entirely alter the manner PHP works.

We provide a streamlined interface, which lets you easily modify the most important PHP functions. Whenever you want, you can also return to the standard settings to restore a backup.

PHP Configuration

Cron Jobs

Set automated planned tasks

Inside the AlexHost.UK Web Hosting Control Panel, we’ve launched a quick and intuitive interface for configuring completely new as well as taking care of established cron jobs – the Cronjob Manager. A cron job is a scheduled activity – commonly a script, that’s operated at predefined periods of time. It can be a basic script for checking if your site is on the web, a mailing script, a website performance review, etc.

It is possible to configure take advantage of cron jobs with AlexHost.UK’s cloud hosting plans. If you happen to need additional cron jobs, you can always buy further as an upgrade.

Cron jobs

Password Protection

Fantastic way to shield all your files

If you wish to establish a place within your site that can be seen only to the users you’d like, it is possible to reap the benefits of AlexHost.UK’s Password Protection tool. Utilizing it it’s easy to start a password protected directory that is to be encoded and accessible just to you and anybody else whom you share the sign in details with.

The directory will be secured right away and no person else can check out precisely what is on the inside. You’ll certainly be the sole individual who will be capable of alter or switch it if you do not opt to authorize additional clients to view it.

Password Protection

URL redirection

URL redirection with a few mouse–clicks

If at any moment you want to redirect your website to an alternative link, you can do that fast when using the URL Redirection tool integrated in the AlexHost.UK Web Hosting Control Panel. You simply will not have to make a distinct .htaccess file and manage complicated lines of code. All you have to make is pick which domain name to divert and exactly where you want it to lead. Our intelligent system is going to take care of everything for you.

If you don’t need the website redirection you have set, it is possible to stop it with only a click of the mouse.

URL Redirection