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How to preview your site before DNS propagation completes
Last Updated: Jul 31 2025Editing the hosts file is a temporary measure to preview a newly transferred site on our servers before changing the domain’s DNS. This allows you to access the site on Host-Age.com servers as if you had already changed the domain’s DNS. The site can only be viewed this way from the computer where the hosts...
How to access or create the .htaccess file
Last Updated: Jul 31 2025What is .htaccess? An .htaccess (hypertext access) file is a simple text configuration file at the directory level for web servers, which, simply put, controls access to a certain directory on your hosting account. .htaccess rules apply to a directory and all its subdirectories unless there are multiple .htaccess files present in subdirectories. The permissions...
How to clear local cache
Last Updated: Jul 31 2025This article explains how to clear the local DNS cache. It can be useful if you’ve made changes to a site but can’t see them on your computer. Clearing cache on Windows computers Clearing cache on Mac OS computers Clearing cache on Linux computers