Web Development, WordPress, Apache, .htaccess, tutorials, mod_rewrite, phpmailer, programming articles
Watch Peyton Manning 8th grade Tango (funny)
Peyton Manning 8th grade Tango- They assign you a role. The play was called The Boyfriend. They gave me the role of Miguel. One of the scenes was you had to do a tango with Lola.
Fight Blog Spam with Apache
Fighting Blog Spam with Apache htaccess and other methods.
Preload flash .flv files into browser cache
Preloading and Caching flash .flv files to speed up your website and save on bandwidth
Apache Web Server Speed Configuration Hacks
Apache server performance can be improved by adding additional hardware resources such as RAM, faster CPU, etc.
Speed Up Sites with php Caching
This explains the basic methods to get started caching with php headers
HTTP Packet Capturing to debug Apache
This article is a quick and easy HowTo detailing the use of Wireshark or another network sniffing program to debug your Apache .htaccess or httpd.conf files.
Port Redirector
can you please suggest me any tiny and good port redirector
for linux and unix like oses ?
so that when I connect to the box to a given port it redirects my connection
to another box and port that I can chose ?
thanx a lot
Tracking Spam and email
Tracking Spam and email with free online tools
Racing the Windows XP ACL demon
Both of these pcs were behind a hardware/software firewall, and so each had their own host names, we’ll say PEPSI and COKE, and they were both on a private network on the same subnet, so each belonged to a domain called MARKETING.
Top 5 Vulnerability Port Scanners
Asked some hackers and Computer Security gurus to list their 5 favorite Vulnerability/Port Scanners. Here are the results.
SEO in Wordpress
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
Shell Scripts for Dreamhost
Example shell scripts (bash or sh) that automate and easyate tasks from within the dreamhost ssh env
Debug apache log files from php
Secure phpinfo.php with .htaccess, Now instead of getting a 404 error you will see debug information which will help you find out what the problem is.
Using TIME_HOUR and TIME_MIN for htaccess RewriteCond
If you want to redirect to a different version of a file based on the time, this code is for you! Please read: Serve Alternate Content based on Time
.htaccess - Wikipedia
.htaccess (Hypertext Access) is the default name of Apache’s directory-level configuration file. It provides the ability to customize configuration directives defined in the main configuration file. The configuration directives need to be in .htaccess context and the user needs appropriate permissions.
Statements such as the following [...]
Running a Reverse Proxy in Apache
In 2003, Nick Kew released a new module that complements Apache’s
mod_proxy and is essential for reverse-proxying. Since then he gets
regular questions and requests for help on proxying with Apache. In
this article he attempts to give a comprehensive overview of the
proxying and mod_proxy_html
This [...]
Caching Tutorial for Webmasters
If you examine the preferences dialog of any modern Web browser (like Internet Explorer, Safari or Mozilla), you’ll probably notice a ‘cache’ setting. This lets you set aside a section of your computer’s hard disk to store representations that you’ve seen, just for you. The browser cache works according to fairly simple rules. It will check to make sure that the representations are fresh, usually once a session (that is, the once in the current invocation of the browser).
Vulnerability Scanners Review
A few months back I did some intense testing of all the best vulnerability scanners out there.. I had a couple unix boxes hooked up, as well as some windows machines, and figured I could add clients to a “once-a-week” scanning contract. So naturally, I [...]
Arp Packet Hacking
Part deux of Want to know how to really hack?
Question: can i arp poison a MAC which is not in my LAN or Network?
What about double-encapsulation? Like embedding the arp within something else..
I’d study the wire capture for awhile and use tools like isic [...]
LFT traceroute tool
LFT: The alternative traceroute and whois tools for network (reverse) engineers.
LFT, short for Layer Four Traceroute, is a sort of ‘traceroute’ that often works much faster (than the commonly-used Van Jacobson method) and goes through many configurations of packet-filters (firewalls). More importantly, LFT implements numerous [...]
PHPMailer tutorial
This is meant to be an improved version of the article written by PHPFreaks founder, Eric Rosebrock on the PHPFreaks site HERE, simply because I noticed the URL for that tutorial often was down, so I rewrote it (close to verbatim) for my own personal [...]
Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching
2 awesome ways to implement caching on your website using Apache .htaccess or httpd.conf. Both methods are extremely simple to set up and will dramatically speed up your site!
SPF Records on DreamHost
Here are the steps that I take to get an SPF Record going on DreamHost
For Gmail
How do I set my SPF records?
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records allow domain owners to specify which hosts are permitted to send email on behalf of their domains, making it [...]
Apache SSL in htaccess examples
Apache SSL examples in htaccess files
Any htaccess rewrite examples should always begin with
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Fixing double-login problem and making sure authorization usernames/passwords are not sent in cleartext unencrypted.
Additional https/ssl information
SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "google.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://google.com
This code is really, really nice because it fixes [...]
FastCGI on DreamHost
FAQ - Frequently asked questions, examples and explanations.
FastCGI White Paper - Describes the motivation for FastCGI, the FastCGI interface, FastCGI application roles, the FastCGI application library, and FastCGI performance.
Understanding FastCGI Application Performance - Why FastCGI applications often run faster than [...]
Setting charset in htaccess
Learning about charset’s and file types maybe pretty boring, but using .htaccess it can be fun!
Get the Most from Search Engines
One of the most cost-effective ways to drive traffic to your Web site is to optimize it for search engines. Many of them use automated programs called “crawlers” or “spiders” to create an index of the Web, which they use to determine what sites are [...]
Delete extra wordpress files Post-Install
Files that can be deleted after installing wordpress
It is safe to delete the following:
* license.txt
* Readme.html
* the import*.php files
You can look for these kinds of files if you have a shell account [...]
Regular Expressions in Dreamweaver
Using the “Find and Replace” tool in Adobe DreamWeaver is useful of course, but you aren’t using a fraction of the power until you use REGEX.
12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS
full article: alistapart.com
Everything you know is wrong sort of
It’s not going to look exactly the same everywhere unless you’re willing to face some grief and possibly not even then
You will be forced to choose between the ideal and the practicable
(with thanks to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry): [...]
