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Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers

Advanced Web Development by AskApache is a Firefox Collection I created since I’m always trying new Addons out and using multiple computers and I wanted a quick and easy way to install my favorite’s and keep a running list.

askapache favorite addonsAs this screenshot shows, I only use a handful of add-ons at a time. These buttons allow me to clear the DNS/Cookies/Cache for whichever site I’m on when I click it. Very very helpful for me as a web designer. The 4th button there is just a restart button. Other than those, Firebug, YSlow, LastPass, and Web Developer are the only ones I always use regularly.

I like the idea of the last.fm but it’s not as powerful as the site, which is awesome. Lately listening to Kings of Leon Radio

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Optimizing Servers and Processes for Speed with ionice, nice, ulimit

NICE Levels ChartTo prepare for several upcoming articles on AskApache that are focused on optimizing Servers and Sites from a server admin level, here is an article to introduce the main tools that we will be using. These tools are used to optimize CPU time for each process using nice and renice, and other tools like ionice are used to optimize the Disk IO, or Disk speed / Disk traffic for each process. Then you can make sure your mysqld and httpd processes are always fast and prioritized.

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Advanced WordPress wp-config.php Tweaks

The bottom line for this article is that I want to make WordPress as fast, secure, and easy to install, run, and manage because I am using it more and more for client production sites, I will work for days in order to solve an issue so that I never have to spend time on that issue again. Time is money in this industry and that is ultimately (time) what there is to gain by tweaking WordPress.

Note: I spent no time on readability, this is primarily a read the code and figure it out article.. This is for advanced users looking for a reference or discussion and for those of you looking to advance. Feedback would be great if you make it that far..

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Protecting Files with Advanced Mod_Rewrite Anti-Hotlinking

Stop hotlinking with .htaccess mod_rewriteIf you have files on your site that you don’t want indexed by malicious search engines, grabbed and leeched by malicious spammers, or stolen and made available elsewhere, you can use mod_rewrite to drastically reduce or totally reduce that activity.

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Hire AskApache

Hi there, do you want help with a project (SEO, site/server optimization, setup, wordpress plugin development, other programming, server issues, security issues, etc.) or need some expert consulting? I’m very comfortable working freelance for clients from all across the globe. I enjoy helping good causes or sites/webmasters similar to mine, and I enjoy making new friends and networking.
Personally, I love to chat on the phone or instant message with fellow webmasters and web entrepreneurs, and I like networking with like-minded individuals. Once my services are retained we will communicate any way that works best for you.. Billing is pretty flexible for all services other than SEO, which is billed aggressively: one word: skills.
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I will never waste my time and your money by doing just enough to get paid or meet simple requirements. I deal only in results. I like to understand the root of the problem and discern what the task ultimately is meant to accomplish, and cut straight towards that. I dislike temporary fixes that will need to be re-addressed, preferring a “once-and-for-all” type of solution.
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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 [PDF]

How to create a Secure Wordpress Install

File Format:PDF/Adobe Acrobat – Quick ViewIf you just start to install WordPress this step is quite easy to achieve, all you need to . BlogSecurity has written a WordPress security checking tool,

.Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Tricks and Tips

Jump to Redirecting Wordpress Feeds to Feedburner Z:Full article:Redirecting Wordpress Feeds to Feedburner RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond

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New Version of Password Protection Plugin

It may be from WordPress being in a subdirectory but the index.php in the site root. I tried the hack described in the WordPress forum by changing line 1545 www.askapache.com/wordpress/new-version-of-password-protection-plugin.html

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Redirecting RSS to Feedburner

Redirect WordPress Feed to FeedBurner using .htaccess Rewrites.

AskApache – Crazy Advanced Web Development

Crazy Advanced Web Development for server admins, WordPress bloggers, programmers, and hackers with topics and tools for Htaccess Rewrites, Linux and bash,

WordPress RewriteRules Viewer

WordPress Internal Rewrite Rules AskApache RewriteRules Viewer is a simple plugin that makes it easy for developers and code hackers to view the current

WordPress Plugin for Apache .htaccess Security

New Security features incorporated by the AskApache Password Protection WordPress Plugin.

Updated robots.txt for WordPress

WordPress robots.txt SEO Implementing an effective SEO robots.txt file for WordPress will help your blog to rank higher in Search Engines, receive higher

AskApache Debug Viewer Plugin for WordPress

WordPress Plugin provides detailed debugging info to locate problems and help programmers.

Tips on Writing WordPress Plugins

WordPress Plugin Template:AskApache Plugins Notice that each of my plugins have the same look, feel, and functionality from the Manage Plugins page?

Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin

WordPress plugin that displays a Firefox Google Referrals AdSense Ad on your blog only if the client is not running Firefox and on Windows.

WordPress robots.txt SEO

WordPress Blog robots.txt robot A robots.txt file can make a huge impact on your WordPress blogs traffic and search engine rank. This is an SEO optimized

WordPress What Is This Plugin

Displayes a semi-transparent box on the document you are viewing that tells you if its a page, single, feed, category, etc..

Removing Category Base from WordPress URLs

Do you put the .htaccess file in the wordpress install root folder? i.e. in the same folder as the sub-folders wp-admin , wp-content and wp-includes ?

Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released

AskApache Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin I always wanted the ability to cache all my posts on my blog whenever I wanted, and WP-Cache doesn’t let you do that.

Advanced WordPress wp-config.php Tweaks – AskApache – Crazy

The bottom line for this article is that I want to make WordPress as fast, secure, and easy to install, run, and manage because I am using it more and more

AskApache .htaccess Tutorial

Here are some specific examples taken mostly from my WordPress Password Protection plugin, .. See:Hardening Wordpress with Mod Rewrite and htaccess

Advanced WordPress 404.php

Discusses some of the advanced features for a WordPress 404.php page.

Fast and Easy Custom WordPress New User Registration

Fast and Easy Custom Wordpress New User Registration Instead of the safer and more secure method employed by WP, this article shows you the code that lets

AskApache Search Engine Verify

WordPress Plugin adds Google and Yahoo verification meta tags to authenticate site ownership and increase seo.

SEO Boost from Google 404 Plugin

AskApache Google 404 is a must-have WordPress plugin that uses some ajax and a couple tricks to display a very helpful and SEO Error Page.

Advanced .htaccess Tricks for Securing Sites

I’m about 2 weeks away from publishing the upgrade for the WordPress .htaccess security plugin, and haven’t had time to post for awhile as I’ve been doing

Encrypted WordPress / phpBB Backups

Encrypted WordPress and phpBB Site Backup Shell Script.

Htaccess Search Engine

Keywords:htaccess ".htaccess""wordpress""mod_rewrite "htaccess files"rewriterule rewritecond htpasswd. Last updated:

SEO in Wordpress

WordPress comes with several built in search optimization tools, including the ability to use .htaccess to create apparently static URLs called permalinks,

Delete extra wordpress files Post-Install

Delete unneccessary wordpress files after you install. Delete install.php, upgrade.php, etc.

Mod_Security .htaccess tricks

In the case of WordPress blogs, you can use the AskApache Password Protect .. Is AskApache plugin fully compatible with WP 2.6 ? wordpress.com says it is

On-Demand MySQL Backup Shell Script

On-Demand WordPress MySQL database Backup Shell Script for DreamHost. Recently I have experienced problems with my WordPress MySQL database becoming

Redirect index.php to root

WordPress blogs show the same duplicate content for If you’ve read about using a robots.txt file for WordPress SEO, than you already understand this

SEO Secrets of AskApache.com

Many sites that use a CMS of some kind, be it Drupal or WordPress, You can find any potential duplicate urls on wordpress with the rewriterules plugin.

Updated:WordPress RewriteRules Viewer Plugin

WordPress Plugin shows type of permalink configured, type of internal permalinking, pathinfo, mod_rewrite, .htaccess.

Hack WP-Cache for Maximum Speed

If you desire SPEED from your WordPress blog, the #1 speed improvement comes . I use Wordpress 2.6 and PHP 5. Any time for suggestions how i can check if

Login to Google AdSense using PHP

Allow AdSense Crawler Access ·The REAL Way to Optimize AdSense ·Fetch Feed Subscribers from Google Reader with CURL ·Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin

Update:AskApache Password Protect Plugin

Update for AskApache Password Protect Plugin that automates installation of .htaccess Server-based HTTP Basic Authentication including creating encrypted

.htaccess Plugin Blocks Spam, Hackers, and Password Protects Blog

And this time I am developing the plugin using a plethora of wordpress installations and .. (Which is set by default by wordpress as wp-content/uploads) www.askapache.com/htaccess-plugin-blocks-spam-hackers-and-password-protects-blog.html

htaccess rewrite, htaccess – AskApache – Crazy Advanced Web

$1/health-saving-account/$2 [L, R=301] ## WORDPRESS ### RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Existing File RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !

SEO with Robots.txt

I’ve been working on my blog and in the process moved it to a WordPress install One of the main reasons I left Blogger for WordPress was that I would be

Come On and Sprite for your Website

Skeleton .htaccess file for Powweb HostingFirefox Adsense WordPress Plugin A» ·CSS Image Sprite Example Notice any familiar images from my website?

.htaccess trick to show Alternate CSS file based on IP

Updated:I got some emails from you all asking for a clearer ready-to-use example, especially from WordPress bloggers. Here you go! www.askapache.com/htaccess-trick-to-show-alternate-css-file-based-on-ip.html

Optimize a Website for Speed, Security, and Easy Management

For this example we will be creating the website www.askapache.com , which will be running WordPress and php. We will also set up static.askapache.com to

Hacking WP Super Cache for Speed

BEGIN WordPress SetEnv HTTP_IF_GZ_MATCH .html SetEnvIfNoCase BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*s=.

An AskApache Plugin Upgrade to Rule them All

An upgrade to Google 404 Plugin and Password Protection Plugin, thats been over a year in skunk works.www.askapache.com/wordpress/an-askapache-plugin-upgrade-to-rule-them-all.html

Base64 Image Converter – AskApache – Crazy Advanced Web Development

WordPress Plugins ·Google + SEO .htaccess Tips and Tricks ·Apache HTTPD ·Computer Security Articles ·Search Engine Experiments ·PHP Programming

Boost SEO, Drive Traffic with the 404 Error Page Plugin

Announcing a major update to the AskApache Google 404 Plugin for WordPress, still only a 5 second install! Now includes a customized version of a 404.php

HTTP Status Codes and .htaccess ErrorDocuments

I just learned that my modification to the WordPress core was accepted This may mean WordPress is the only 100% HTTP/1.1 compliant software on the net!

Updated:AskApache Search Engine Verify

Updated WordPress SEO Plugin won’t slow down your blog unless you count the additional crawling of your site by Slurp and Googlebot.

Rewrite underscores to hyphens for SEO URL

Feed for this Entry ·Trackback ·wordpress .htaccess. Tags:htaccess, mod_rewrite, rewriterule. Related Articles .Htaccess rewrites, Mod_Rewrite Trick

A better way to use PDF files online

The Latest and Greatest php.iniTips on Writing WordPress Plugins A». Adobe Reader One of the most annoying things on the Internet for me is when I click on a

<?php //————————— function

style="text-align:center;">[ <a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/htaccess-password-protect.html">AskApache Password Protect Plugin <strong>’.

Search Engine Verify Plugin Updated

Update to the Wordpress SEO Plugin:AskApache Search Engine Verify. This plugin adds meta tags to your WordPress blogs that allow Google Webmaster Tools

Story by Author of PING for UNIX

Shell Scripts for Dreamhost ·Changing Any Password On XP ·Best-practice Web Design Process ·Feed for this Entry ·Trackback ·wordpress .htaccess

Top 100 Popular Posts

Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released ·Mixed SSL Content Warning Secure Fixed ·Redirecting RSS to Feedburner ·Removing Category Base from WordPress URLs

The REAL Way to Optimize AdSense

So for my site, I edited the single.php WordPress Theme File so that if the post ID is an even number the position is on the left, and if the post ID is an

.htpasswd file Generator

Changing Any Password On XP ·Fast and Easy Custom WordPress New User Registration ·AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress

Web Hosting by DreamHost Web Hosting:Web Sites, Domain

DreamHost Web Hosting - Providing scalable Linux-based web hosting and FREE domain registration. Offering PHP, Perl/CGI, MySQL, SSL, Jabber, Ruby on Rails,

Website SEO Score Tool

Meta Keywords :htaccess, apache, security, seo, wordpress, php, cache, webmaster, dreamhost, linux unix bsd, google, web tools, shell scripting,

Log all .htaccess/.htpasswd logins

FREE THOUGHT A· FREE SOFTWARE A· FREE WORLD. Log all .htaccess/.htpasswd logins ·A« Advanced WordPress 404.phpSearch Engine Verify Plugin Updated A»

Simple PHP Anti-Spam Captcha Script

and SetEnvIfNoCase Examples ·Fight Blog Spam with Apache ·htaccess Tricks for Webmasters ·Feed for this Entry ·Trackback ·wordpress htaccess

Site Map

Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin:Come On and Sprite for your Website:Skeleton .htaccess file for Powweb Hosting:Custom Boot Menu in Windows XP:

Prevent WP-Cache from Caching index

Disable caching on WordPress index pages when using WP-Cache with this neat mod to the famously speedy cache plugin.

Is Your Password Crackable?

Web Applications like phpBB, WordPress, almost all online apps with authorization capability store user passwords by creating an encrypted hash of your

Password Protection Plugin Status

Apache controls the PHP Interpreter, which parses and executes the WordPress and plugin files as a separate user. ( SuEXEC, Apache Security Tips )

SEO Secrets of AskApache Part 2

WordPress Auto-Robots meta tag code. Just add this to any plugin file and it will add the right robots meta tag to your site.. tweak to taste.

Speed Tips:Turn On Compression

BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ! /index.php [L] # END WordPress #12 Months Header set Cache-Control

Allow AdSense Crawler Access

For all other AdSense information visit the Google AdSense Help Page. See the Updated WordPress robots.txt file. Share and Enjoy:

[www.askapache.com]

2009-11-02T19:34:54+00:00 daily 1.0 http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/htaccess-password-protect.html 2009-11-02T10:27:46+00:00 daily 1.0

Speed Tips:Add Future Expires Headers

I have implemented this code in the htaccess of my Wordpress blog, however, I am still getting an F from YSlow for not having expires headers on the adsense

Random Bits, the podcast that gives you an insiders view

I was over at Alex King’s blog today checking out his mobile web plugin for wordpress and I noticed some fresh podcasts from some of the industry’s finest.

AskApache – Crazy Advanced Web Development

Wordpress robots.txt and phpBB robots.txt sample files. Posted Saturday in Google, . WordPress Plugin ScreenShot:AskApache Search Engine Verify Options

Fresh .htaccess Examples:Cookies, Variables, Custom Headers

AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress ·Apache SSL in htaccess examples A» Random. WordPress RewriteRules Viewer ·The Right to Read

Apache Authentication in htaccess

/manual/en/$1 ### REWRITES RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / ### WORDPRESS #<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>#RewriteEngine On #RewriteBase / #RewriteCond

Faster Form Submission and Processing with fsockopen

Removing Category Base from WordPress URLsSpeed Tips:Add Cache-Control Headers A» ·Speedy Forms using background-requests This is part II of Faster POST

Debug apache log files from php

Manipulating HTTP Headers with htaccess ·301 Redirect Cheatsheet ·WordPress Plugin for Apache .htaccess Security ·Security Enhancing with htaccess

Advanced Google Analytics 404 Error Page

My Wordpress 404.php page. Note also how I have used the googlebot and robots meta tags to tell robots not to index or follow links in this page

COMPUTER SECURITY TOOLBOX

Security Enhancing with htaccess ·Freshen your Anti-virus, Anti-Rootkits, and Anti-Spyware ·Feed for this Entry ·Trackback ·wordpress htaccess

Fight Blog Spam with Apache

Top methods for Faster, Speedier web sites ·WordPress Plugin for Apache .htaccess Security ·Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released ·Updated:WordPress

.htaccess “ Wikipedia

Random. Tips on Writing WordPress Plugins .htaccess trick to show Alternate CSS file based on IP. htaccess Guide. htaccess tricks for Webmasters

Hire AskApache

Hi there, do you want help with a project (SEO, site/server optimization, setup, wordpress plugin development, other programming, server issues,

Downloading Multiple Files with Curl Simultaneously

301 Redirect with mod_rewrite or Redi ·WordPress What Is This Plugin ·Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin ·Using FilesMatch and Files in htacces [PDF]

Website SEO Score Tool

File Format:PDF/Adobe Acrobat – Quick ViewOct 5, 2007 htaccess, apache, security, seo, wordpress, php, cache, webmaster, dreamhost, Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin. Second-Level (H2)

Instruct Search Engines to come back to site after you finish

Faster POST and GET Form SubmissionsRemoving Category Base from WordPress URLs A» ·HTTP Errors, HTTP Timeouts can be prevented with a 503 Service

Speedier Sites use CSS Sprites

Apache Variable Fun in htaccessWordPress robots.txt SEO A». CSS Image Sprite Example An Image Sprite is simply multiple images combined into one image.

Advanced Htaccess Demo/Example using Cookies, Headers, Rewrites

Htaccess SEO Trends by GoogleAskApache Debug Viewer Plugin for WordPress A» ·Advanced Htaccess NSA. Welcome to the first generation of the new .htaccess

Rare XHTML elements use for SEO

SEO in Wordpress ·Updated robots.txt for WordPress ·Best CSS . Random. Encrypted WordPress / phpBB Backups ·The Song from the Ask.com commercial

Get the Most from Search Engines

Delete extra wordpress files Post-InstallSetting charset in htaccess A». One of the most cost-effective ways to drive traffic to your Web site is to optimize

Mixed SSL Content Warning Secure Fixed

htaccess HTTPS / SSL Tips, Tricks, and Hacks ·Troubleshooting Apache .htaccess Authentication ·Manipulating HTTP Headers with htaccess ·WordPress Plugin

Advanced Htaccess “ SSI, ErrorDocuments, DirectoryIndexing SEO

Check out my WordPress uploads directory to get an idea. If you are using WordPress, I’m sure you are using my AskApache Google 404 Plugin, but whatever

Want to know how to really hack?

Hack WP-Cache for Maximum Speed ·Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released ·Redirecting RSS to Feedburner ·AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress

Custom PHP.ini with FastCGI on DreamHost

I did a backup of my wordpress database on askapache.com, downloaded the file to my computer, and then when I tried to go to another page

Custom Boot Menu in Windows XP – AskApache – Crazy Advanced Web

Custom PHP.ini with FastCGI on DreamHost ·AskApache Debug Viewer Plugin for WordPress ·Make Windows XP Blazingly Fast ·Hacking VLAN switched networks

Privacy Statement and Terms of Use

When you interact with this web site in the form of submitting comments, the information you provide in the comment form fields is stored in the WordPress

htaccess – Crazy Advanced Mod_Rewrite Tutorial

For some reason, WordPress (or whatever) is interpreting your piece of quoted php code (index.php), and cuts off part of it. I can see in the source that

Skeleton .htaccess file for Powweb Hosting

/awkl http://www.askapache.com/awk/awk-tutorial.html Redirect 301 /ben.html http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/best-adsense-optimization.html Redirect

Robots.txt Secrets From Matt Cutts

WordPress What Is This PluginPHP5 Custom Install Shell Script Example A». Watch out googlebots got a weapon! Finally some robots.txt questions have been been

PHP Sessions/Cookies On The Fly

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Alexa Toolbar Add-On for Firefox Works!

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An AskApache Plugin Upgrade to Rule them All

apache-server-statusSo my blog as been rather quiet for almost a year now, and very few updates if any have been released for my Password Protection PLugin, my Google 404 Plugin, and definately not for my AskApache CrazyCache plugin, which I will be releasing last… So for all of you who’ve helped me out by sending me suggestions and notifying me of errors and sticking with it… Just wanted to say sorry about that, and thanks for all the great ideas.. Well, I’ve been sticking with it as well believe it our not. I manage to get free days once in a while, and then its time to jam.

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Mirroring an Entire Site using Rsync over SSH

Website Mirrors with RsyncSometimes there is an urgent need for creating an exact duplicate or “mirror” of a web site on a separate server. This could be needed for creating Round Robin Setups, Load-Balancing, Failovers, or for just plain vanilla backups. In the past I have used a lot of different methods to copy data from one server to another, including creating an archive of the whole directory and then using scp to send the file over, creating an archive and then encrypting it and then sending that file over using ftp, curl, etc., and my persistence at learning new ways to do things has paid off because now I use rsync to keep an exact replica of the entire directory on an external server, without having to use all the CPU and resources of other mirroring methods.

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AskApache Debug Viewer Plugin for WordPress

screenshot-1The story behind this plugin is sorta wack, but in a good way :). While doing tons of security research on permissions, authorization, access, etc.. for the Password Protection plugin (still being worked on), I needed to have unheard of debugging capabilities while working on the plugin on the various websites, webhosts, and test servers that I use to test in different environments. So I hacked together a bunch of php code that helped me debug, actually I pretty much went overkill and tried to get as much debugging info as programmatically possible, and it ended up being so much code that I took it out of my Password Protection code and made it its own plugin.

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Advanced Htaccess – SSI, ErrorDocuments, DirectoryIndexing SEO

htaccess directory indexingErrorDocument from .htaccess3-Part article covering practical implementation of 3 advanced .htaccess features. Discover an easy way to boost your SEO the AskApache way (focus on visitors), a tip you might keep and use for life. Get some cool security tricks to use against spammers, crackers, and other nefarious sorts. Take your site’s error handling to the next level, enhanced ErrorDocuments that go beyond 404’s.

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Password Protection Plugin Status

Apache Security Model - In ColorI wanted to address why the update to the AskApache Password Protection plugin didn’t happen pre-2009 as I had hoped.. Mostly due to my job but I thought I could at least fill you in. Oh and this is going to get very boring very fast, unless you’re ready to rumble in the zone.

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Ultimate Htaccess Tutorial for .htaccess files

.htaccess tutorial and htaccess sampleThis is not an introduction to .htaccessThis is the evolution of .htaccess… The BEST, the ORIGINAL, the NEWEST, and the most HIGHEST, FLYEST .htaccess tricks I can find.

Originally known as the “Ultimate .htaccess Guide”, its changed over the years by adding new .htaccess tricks and .htaccess examples to it.. I also add my favorite .htaccess links, the best .htaccess articles on AskApache, the coolest .htaccess experiments, the Web’s best .htaccess hacks, and update this article on the regular.

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Advanced .htaccess Tricks for Securing Sites

This is all new, experimental, and very very cool. It literally uses .htaccess techniques to create several virtual “locked gates” that require a specific key to unlock, in a specific order that cannot be bypassed. It uses whitelisting .htaccess tricks to specify exactly what is allowed, instead of trying to specify everything that isn’t allowed. Also, by setting specific cookies/tokens after successfully passing through a gate, we can then require the exact cookie/token from the previous gate, which stops an attacker from skipping or bypassing gates.

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.htaccess Plugin Blocks Spam, Hackers, and Password Protects Blog

.htaccess security plugin 2

Well what can I say, other than this is sooo DOPE! Here is a list of the modules this plugin (version 4.7 unreleased) will automatically detect. I compiled the list myself using every module included with any default Apache installation for ALL the versions listed below, 1.3 to 2.2+

Want to know something else I’m including in this plugin? For each and every module that is detected, this plugin can then detect ALL of the modules .htaccess Directives! For instance, RewriteRule, AccessFileName, AddHandler, etc.. are each a directive belonging to a module that is allowed to be used from within .htaccess files.

Talk about sick.. these tricks have the diamond disease!

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.htaccess trick to show Alternate CSS file based on IP

.htaccess trick to show Alternate CSS file based on IPThis past week I updated my sites apache.css file for a site-redesign. I wanted to make changes to the .css file that only I could see, so that my regular traffic and site-visitors would still see the old version. Here’s the elegant solution I came up with using .htaccess and mod_rewrite that works so well I’m sharing it with all you wonderful and incredible people reading my blog :)

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Optimize a Website for Speed, Security, and Easy Management

Learn how to setup, configure, secure, optimize, and create a low-maintenance website the AskApache way. I’m piecing together all the hacks, tricks, methods, and ideas discussed throughout this blog and all across Netdom and glueing them all together to show you how to have the most optimized, crazy fastest, and best website setup I can think of.

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SEO Secrets of AskApache Part 2

This is part II of the Advanced SEO used on AskApache.com Series and describes how to control which urls are indexed by Search Engines and how to move them higher up in Search Results.

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About AskApache

Purpose and Goal of AskApache
To provide free access to knowledge and data with the goal of empowering people.. or more melodramatically: “Power to the People!”
Why the name AskApache? AskApache was chosen to show and pay respect to the contributors of the Apache Web Server. Literally it means to ask Apache when facing a problem, by searching the Open-Source, contacting a board/list, or browsing the documentation.

The Author
I work for a multimedia production / brand development & marketing company here in Indianapolis, the greatest city in the world! I started this blog in Dec., ‘06 to familiarize myself with WordPress as a blogging platform among other things for my job. I help expand/create a growing companies market-share online (and offline) by managing and building the brand and developing high-quality leads and loyal customers by building online funnels fed by SEO traffic and on/offline marketing campaigns. Other than the design and development costs for our minimum 12 month contract, we operate using a gain-share formula where we receive a percentage of the increased revenue that results from our services. This translates to fanatical attention to improving the bottom-line, and focus on long-term sustainable growth and overall success.
My Background
I started on MS-DOS, then Windows 2.11 (released 1989), and learned BASIC for my first language. I frequented BBS’s for awhile before the “Internet Browser” became available.. meaning I would use term and super slow modem connection.
Security Focus
Most people like me who were lucky enough to discover the Internet (gopher, ftp, etc.) at the time when you could only surf the web using text-based tools were also lucky to learn alot of great security information that was freely shared all over the world by various hackers and groups.
Security Path
From those early days on I was heavily involved in …

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Online Tool compares Packer, JSMin, Dojo, and YUI Compressor


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New Version of Password Protection Plugin

4.6 just released…. Check It Out.

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Encrypted WordPress / phpBB Backups

Enter your DOMAIN_ROOT and the location of your wp-config.php or config.php, and this script finds all the mysql settings by parsing the phpbb or wordpress config file, then creates GPG encrypted backups, and saves your settings for future automation.

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Fsockopen Power Plays

PHP’s fsockopen function lets you open an Internet or Unix domain socket connection for connecting to a resource, and is one of the most powerful functions available in the php language.

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SEO Boost from Google 404 Plugin

1 minute Install!
Turns every 404 Not Found error into a SEO traffic generating event! Now you have many unique users with unique IP addresses and cookies searching your blog on all of the Google Indexes… Sweet!

«Take My 404 for a Test-Drive

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Fast and Easy Custom WordPress New User Registration

Registering on a WP blog requires entering a username and email then checking your email for an auto password.

Too much work to put your users through?

This uses just email and password and does it all.

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Adding Akismet Anti-Spam Protection Anywhere

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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Crazy Cache WordPress Plugin Released

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

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AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress

AskApache Password Protect ScreenShot 1AskApache 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.

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PHP Sessions/Cookies On The Fly

Multiple Web Technologies for dynamic php session controlThis 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.

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Updated robots.txt for WordPress

WordPress robots.txt SEOImplementing 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!

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Hack WP-Cache for Maximum Speed

WP-Cache with Full AskApache HackIf 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!

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Removing Category Base from WordPress URLs

How To remove the /category/ from WordPress category urls.

James
We’re using WP as a CMS with pages and posts. Done a bit of customization, so it looks sweet. Problem – i have some child categories that throw 404 when the category redirect is in place. How did you remove the category base from the url structure in wordpress?

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Update: AskApache Password Protect Plugin

The Plugin Control PageWordPress plugin gives you control over HTTP Basic Authentication for your WordPress blog which among other things, stops most automated hacking attempts and exploits being attempted, cutting down on the number of requests, connections, and mysql queries for all WordPress blogs on the Internet.

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Hacking WP Super Cache for Speed

AskApache Crazy Cache - coming soonA plugin built to generate static files from php+mysql for Apache to serve the way its supposed to be.. My dream. Conclusion: Needs some improvement, pretty sweet though.

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Search Engine Verify Plugin Updated

Wordpress SEO Plugin Search Engine VerificationThis plugin has been updated for WordPress 2.5 and includes more options to get your site indexed by Google and Yahoo.

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Advanced WordPress 404.php

For the AskApache Google 404 WordPress Plugin update I added a new 404.php that is more advanced than anything previously seen for a 404.php

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Is Your Password Crackable?

Rainbow Tables for md5 or sha1 hashI’ve put up a new tool to check the strength of your password hash, that locates weak passwords by searching Rainbow Tables for md5 or sha1 hash match. Locate and fix this common security vulnerability before being exploited.

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Firefox Adsense WordPress Plugin

ScreenShot of WordPress Plugin AskApache Firefox AdsenseIf your WordPress blog uses AdSense, and you love Firefox you will love this plugin. When a user downloads and installs Firefox through your referral, we’ll credit your account with up to $1.00 (more details).

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Skeleton .htaccess file for Powweb Hosting

Powweb Web HostingIf you have a Powweb Webhosting account, you will appreciate this simple skeleton .htaccess file for use on their systems.

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