AT&T / YAHOO Hosting does not allow .HTACCESS file to be installed on their server. Why is that?

Question

I have bee with YAHOO --> Now... AT&T YAHOO for some years and have noticed that they grab the hosting fee every month. However they do-not provide tech support for SQL, PHP, PHP MyAdmin, Guestbooks, and most other add-on that they offer. Also they do not allow anyone to install third party software that has .HTACCESS file included. Have you noticed that that they say they offer allot but really give little, yet charge top dollar. Am I wrong ?

Answer 1

No, you're not wrong. Yahoo hosting is expensive for what you get and very restrictive. I have had a Yahoo store for over 5 years now and I host very little on Yahoo hosting. Anything that is not directly tied to my Yahoo store, I host elsewhere because Yahoo hosting is either too restrictive (.htacess files is an excellent example) or because Yahoo hosting is too expensive.



There are many, many good, inexpensive web hosting companies out there. If all you're looking for is web hosting (not a store platform), I suggest shopping elsewhere.



Peace,

Brian

Answer 2

I have used their hosting as well and was upset that I could not use phpnuke (I think) because of htaccess files. Which is fine as I then used Postnuke (which is better) but I finally dumped them as it was ridiculous for their hosting prices. Seriously, look into hosting from http://www.godaddy.com, very inexpensive and MUCH more generous with storage and bandwidth, you will be happier with it and they do allow htaccess files, now how much support with it, I dont know as I have not had to call support.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

.htaccess is vital in hosting, using it you can create your custom error pages, protect your directory from unauthorize access and many other important features; you should change you host if you don't have access to this file.



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