How do I Setup HTaccess?

I'm confused on this.. I want to set up a HTAccess file to re-direct but how do I make it or set it up? Is it a file I have to manually make, is it a file I have to edit or what is it?

How exactly do I set it up or make one?

 

You can create your own - most ready made sites like WP, Joomla etc come with one.
To create your own ask the question or hit Gooooooogle

 

if you use godaddy try the mod rewrite method instead of straight redirect

 

Make a file in the root of your web directory named .htaccess, and use the following text in it:

Code:

Redirect /myaffiliate http://www.myaffiliatewebsite.com

Now, in your posts or whatever, when you post the link http://www.mydomain.com/myaffiliate the people clicking it get sent to http://www.myaffiliatewebsite.com

 

I've created a text file and labeled it .htaccess but I can only see it if I view my directory through Filezilla.

Also, I'm using Host Gator.

 

Alright nevermind, I got it now.. I had to rename the file through Filezilla, I got it figured out now.

 

Code:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess7.shtml

Web page explains alot of different things you can do with htaccess