To avoid always repeating it in the tutorials, I will explain here how to create your .htaccess file.
- Open a text editor like Text Edit (mac) or Notepad (windows)
- Write/Paste what you have to put in your htaccess file
- Save it as htaccess.txt
- Upload htaccess.txt on your server
- Rename it .htaccess (exactly like this .htaccess)
How to know if you already have a .htaccess file ? Open your FTP software and go to the root of your server, is there any .htaccess file ? Maybe the file is hidden so you have to tell your FTP soft to display hidden files. If it already exists, just download it, add your changes and re-upload it (overwrite the existing one).
Be always careful with .htaccess files ! If you get any errors, delete it or revert it to the old version, you might have done something wrong with it.
