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Comment on .Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips by Vector Thorn

Vector Thorn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:48 +0000

With all the mod_rewrite articles out there that show you how to redirect a request, none of them show you how to keep the url in the address bar the same?

For example, you say you can redirect:
/somepage-1234.html

to the page:
/?somepage=1234 [R=301]

But when you do that, the user is taken to that page, and it is shown in the address bar as the dynamic page. So how to you keep the original url in the address bar?

Comment on Apache Authentication in htaccess by Bobby Kozora

Bobby Kozora — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:32:01 +0000

I’m trying to use apache authentication as added protection to the password protected admin section of one of my sites. The site’s using Wordpress. What’s happening is when I access the admin section the .htaccess file in that directory isn’t executing. Well, it will throw errors but if all’s fine it passes back to my root .htaccess which then displays the 404 page. If I remove the .htaccess from my admin directory I can once again access my login page. Any ideas? I’m stumped.

Comment on Mod_Security .htaccess tricks by Jehzeel Laurente

Jehzeel Laurente — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:22:06 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this. However, I still can’t disable mod_security. :( I also contacted the host and they seem to have no idea how to disable it. Weird. I still can’t in my WP post with the words: WHERE, SELECT, JOIN and FROM. :(

Comment on Ultimate Htaccess Tutorial for .htaccess files by Ben

Ben — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:29:38 +0000

This may seem like a very strange request, but i have know idea where to start in writing my htaccess file.

When i installed my version of WP about 3 months ago, i was unable to find my htaccess file, and i have looked many time and never found it. Came to the conclusion that their wasnt one. Did i have to write one myself?

Could you suggest some sites that give descriptions and code on how to effectively write a good secure htaccess file.
I will continue to read through ur site which will def. give me some ideas

Ben

Comment on Rewrite underscores to hyphens for SEO URL by Andriy

Andriy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:46:53 +0000

And what’s your suggestion if the URL can include up to 16 underscores that should be rewritten to hyphens?

Comment on Updated robots.txt for WordPress by Robertino

Robertino — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:05:47 +0000

My previous posts are from October 1st/2nd 2009.
You shouldn’t worry about, this information is very static.
It’s not like they are changing the WordPress directory names, nor what’s in them frequently.
If it would change frequently, the theme designers, plugin coders, blog owners, and search engines wouldn’t bother.
What’s most likely to change (frequently) are your own directory names and their content.
If you don’t update that part of the robots.txt file, then it will be old information.

Off Topic 1:
Tip : Be careful with robots.txt. It’s a simple text file, that anyone can show in their browser.
Don’t giveaway your whole site structure, use meaningless names for the directories that you wish to protect.

Off Topic 2:
Bloody Hell, I see that Mehmet of GabfireThemes posted in here. How could I have missed that before ?

Comment on Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers by Ali Qayyum

Ali Qayyum — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:52:37 +0000

hi awesome collections, i would like to add more firefox add-ons related to the designers

37 Top Firefox Add-ons For Web Designers

Comment on Updated robots.txt for WordPress by Dick Raney

Dick Raney — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:48:03 +0000

How old is this information? Why don’t you show dates on the post or the comments?

Comment on .Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips by juan fernando

juan fernando — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:15:59 +0000

I have several domains point to the same htdocs directory. i have some static content that resides under htdocs/domain.com/images/blah.jpg so how do i take a request that is images/blah.jpg and properly check against htdocs/domain.com/images/blah.jpg and if the file doesn't exist then go to view.php?search=images/blah.jpg ?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %1/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %1/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule index.php?=%{REQUEST_FILENAME} [L]

Comment on .htaccess Plugin Blocks Spam, Hackers, and Password Protects Blog by Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:25:00 +0000

I've moved my .htaccess file from the wordpress directory to the directory below it (so that I can access my wp install through www.domain.com instead of www.domain.com/wordpress). Ask Apache doesn't work for me in this case, it's getting a lot of the directory setting wrong in the test (as seen from the verbose output). Any tips? Eddie