Adding Akismet Anti-Spam Protection Anywhere

Adding Akismet Anti-Spam Protection Anywhere

Wouldn’t you love to have Akismet Anti-spam protection for non-wordpress forms and pages?

View "Adding Akismet Anti-Spam Protection Anywhere"... -- May 07, 2008

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Smart HTTP and HTTPS .htaccess Rewrite

This is freaking sweet if you use SSL I promise you! Basically instead of having to check for HTTPS using a RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on for every redirect that can be either HTTP or HTTPS, I set an environment variable once with the value “http” or “https” if HTTP or HTTPS is being used for that request, and use that env variable in the RewriteRule.

View "Smart HTTP and HTTPS .htaccess Rewrite"... -- Apr 29, 2008

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SEO Secrets of AskApache.com

Learn how in a year, with no previous blogging experience this blog was able to rank so high in search engines and achieve 15,000 unique visitors every day. Uses combination of tricks and tips from throughout AskApache.com for Search Engine Optimization.

View "SEO Secrets of AskApache.com"... -- Apr 28, 2008

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Mod_Security .htaccess tricks

Mod_Security rivals Mod_Rewrite in the amount of features it provides. I decided to go ahead and post what I learned about it today, even though its tough to give away such awesome htaccess and apache tricks.. Learn how to control spam once and for all, conditionally log/deny/allow/redirect requests based on IP, username, etc.. Mod_Security is so fine!

View "Mod_Security .htaccess tricks"... -- Apr 23, 2008

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Search And Replace shell script helpful for Upgrades

Search all files in a directory, replacing all occurances of string with a replacement string.

View "Search And Replace shell script helpful for Upgrades"... -- Apr 19, 2008

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Undetectable Sniffing On Ethernet

I have been in some tight spots where I had to sniff a password or two off the wire, or sniff some packets off the wire and based on the packets content perform some action… Accidentally, I stumbled on a method to sniff data while remaining undetected and invisible.

View "Undetectable Sniffing On Ethernet"... -- Apr 14, 2008

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.Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips

htaccess rewrite / Mod_Rewrite Tips and Tricks is as glamorous as it sounds! htaccess rewrite mod_rewrite is just possibly one of the most useful Apache modules and features. The ability to rewrite requests internally as well as externally is extremely powerful.

View ".Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips"... -- Apr 10, 2008

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Blocking Bad Bots and Scrapers with .htaccess

Want to block a bad robot or web scraper using .htaccess files? Here are 2 methods that illustrate blocking 436 various user-agents.

View "Blocking Bad Bots and Scrapers with .htaccess"... -- Apr 08, 2008

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Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released

A WordPress plugin that caches your entire blog for WP-Cache, I love this plugin and finally released it to the public!

View "Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released"... -- Apr 01, 2008

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Hacking VLAN switched networks

There isn’t much vlan info on the net in terms of specifics and I had to learn all about it because I needed to log in to a switch that was on a different vlan. With the help of the Ettercap developers NaGA and ALoR I figured it out.

View "Hacking VLAN switched networks"... -- Mar 31, 2008

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Apache SSL in htaccess examples

SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "google.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://google.com

Some of the Ins and Outs of using SSL Connections with Apache.

View "Apache SSL in htaccess examples"... -- Mar 29, 2008

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Fresh .htaccess Examples: Cookies, Variables, Custom Headers

Fresh .htaccess code for you! Check out the Cookie Manipulation and environment variable usage with mod_rewrite! I also included a couple Mod_Security .htaccess examples. Enjoy!

View "Fresh .htaccess Examples: Cookies, Variables, Custom Headers"... -- Mar 29, 2008

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AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress

AskApache Password Protect adds some serious password protection to your WordPress Blog. Not only does it protect your wp-admin directory, but also your wp-includes, wp-content, plugins, etc. plugins as well. Imagine a HUGE brick wall protecting your frail .php scripts from the endless attacks of automated web robots and password-guessing exploit-serving scripts.

View "AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress"... -- Mar 29, 2008

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PHP Sessions/Cookies On The Fly

This article shows how to save and modify php session data, cookies, do anything really… without using ajax or iframes or forcing the user make a request.

View "PHP Sessions/Cookies On The Fly"... -- Mar 28, 2008

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Auto-Login to Google Analytics to impress Clients

Google Analytics for your clients sites is a no-brainer, it ROCKS! I have 100+ client sites running Analytics and all of them have trouble-free (no password or username to remember) access to their site reports. Thanks to the method in this post, my clients couldn’t be happier..

View "Auto-Login to Google Analytics to impress Clients"... -- Mar 26, 2008

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Advanced HTTP Redirection

Learn about the 7 different HTTP response codes specifically reserved for redirection. 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, and 307.

View "Advanced HTTP Redirection"... -- Mar 26, 2008

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IP Abuse Detection for DreamHost

Scan Apache logs for IP address that are probably evil, then generates an .htaccess file to DENY them all.

View "IP Abuse Detection for DreamHost"... -- Mar 16, 2008

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Updated robots.txt for WordPress

Implementing an effective SEO robots.txt file for WordPress will help your blog to rank higher in Search Engines, receive higher paying relevant Ads, and increase your blog traffic. Get a search robots point of view… Sweet!

View "Updated robots.txt for WordPress"... -- Mar 15, 2008

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Hack WP-Cache for Maximum Speed

If you desire SPEED from your WordPress blog, the #1 speed improvement comes from using the WP-Cache Plugin. If you still desire SPEED after installing the Plugin, you can modify the WP-Cache Plugin code to make your blog even faster!

View "Hack WP-Cache for Maximum Speed"... -- Mar 11, 2008

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Speed Tips: Add Cache-Control Headers

Using Cache-Control headers you can specify which types of proxies can cache certain content, and how long files should be cached.

View "Speed Tips: Add Cache-Control Headers"... -- Mar 10, 2008

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