Skeleton .htaccess file for Powweb Hosting
If you have a Powweb Webhosting account, you will appreciate this simple skeleton .htaccess file for use on their systems.
Redirecting RSS to Feedburner
FeedBurner is so RAD! I love it. Here's an alternative method to redirect scrapers and feed requests to your feedburner url, in my case, I use Branding by feedburner, which is so hot, taking advantage of CNAMEs in your DNS record.
301 Redirect Cheatsheet
Ultimate Redirect Cheatsheet for multiple programming languages. Redirecting Users with Javascript redirect, meta refresh redirect, and php redirect, also htaccess methods, python, coldfusion, asp, perl, etc.
A better way to use PDF files online
.htaccess and php example serves .pdf files to give visitors the choice to open in an external program or save to disk without having to open it in the browser
PDF Before and after Fix - Firefox
Speed Tips: Use Multiple SubDomains
To make your site even faster, serve certain content from different subdomains. The reason this works is amazingly cool!
Speed Tips: Remove Last-Modified Header
If you remove the Last-Modified and ETag header, you will totally eliminate If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match requests and their 304 Not Modified Responses.
Speed Tips: Turn Off ETags
By removing the ETag header, you disable caches and browsers from being able to validate files, so they are forced to rely on your Cache-Control and Expires header.
Speed Tips: Add Future Expires Headers
A first-time visitor to your page will make several HTTP requests to download all your sites files, but using the Expires header you make those files cacheable. This avoids unnecessary HTTP requests on subsequent page views.
Speed Tips: Turn On Compression
Use the Apache module mod_deflate to compress your static .css and .js files, speeding your site up like crazy!
Troubleshooting Apache .htaccess Authentication
Apache Web Server users have problems getting Apache Authentication/password-protection in htaccess working, this is a troubleshooting guide to get Password Protection working!
Redirect index.php to root
WordPress blogs show the same duplicate content for https://www.askapache.com/index.php and https://www.askapache.com/. If you've read about using a robots.txt file for WordPress SEO, than you already understand this setup results in Duplicate Content penalties being levied against your Blog and Web Site by Search Engines.
Apache Variable Fun in htaccess
Server and Environment Variables are used by The Apache HTTP Server by provides a mechanism for storing information. This information can be used to control various operations such as logging or access control.
htaccess HTTPS / SSL Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
Apache has the best SSL/HTTPS support and can be controlled by the httpd.conf file or other HTTPD server configuration file. This htaccess tutorial has htaccess example code to make it easy to secure and use HTTPS and SSL with Apache.
Security with Apache htaccess Tutorial
Apache Security tips and tricks for securing Apache Web Servers using htaccess, httpd.conf, and other built-in techniques to thwart attackers. This really should be required reading for any Apache admin or user because these little tricks are so easy to do.
Apache Authentication in htaccess
How to password-protect, Allow or Deny a visitor based on a condition. If you are having trouble getting htaccess-based password protection to work see: Troubleshooting htaccess Authentication: Getting it to work
SEO Redirects without mod_rewrite
Web Professionals use mod_rewrite to issue 301 and 302 Redirects for Search Engines. Sometimes you may not have mod_rewrite.c or you want an alternative redirect method. Using mod_alias RedirectMatch you can use REGEX in Redirect commands!
Manipulating HTTP Headers with htaccess
Apache .htaccess and httpd.conf have the power to send and manipulate HTTP Header Requests like sending P3P privacy headers, Content-Type: UTF-8, Content-Language, etc. The power is immense and you can do some really cool stuff with HTTP Headers!
htaccess Tricks for Webmasters
Some of my favorite htaccess examples from some of my favorite .htaccess tutorials. These cut-and-paste ready htaccess code snippets are very useful for website and server administrators.
Mixed SSL Content Warning Secure Fixed
I used to run into the problem of having warning messages pop up when I accessed a page with secure and non-secure information and finally I found something that let me post non-ssl encrypted content on an ssl encrypted page and no warning messages will pop up!Htaccess File Sample
Comprehensive .htaccess example file with advanced examples in 1 htaccess sample skeleton .htaccess file with the very best apache htaccess examples... Updated frequently based on detailed info from the Apache htaccess tutorial.
Using FilesMatch and Files in htaccess
Some good examples for how to use the Files and FilesMatch directives in .htaccess files and httpd.conf files for Apache.
<FilesMatch ".(htm|html|css|js|php)$"> AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 DefaultLanguage en-US </FilesMatch>
Replacing %23 with # in incoming links
I had some urls show up in my google sitemaps for one of my sites with "404 Not found" errors for a bunch of urls that had "%23comment-155" looking urls instead of "#comment-155"27 Request Methods for Apache rewritecond htaccess
301 Redirect with mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch
301 Redirects using Apache mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch in .htaccess or httpd.conf
Control htaccess Basic Authentication with PHP and mod_rewrite
Control htaccess Basic Authentication with PHP and mod_rewriteRewrite underscores to hyphens for SEO URL
Replace underscores in URLs with hyphens using Apache .htaccess.
Serve Alternate Content based on Time
Time-dependant rewriting uses mod_rewrite and apache server time variables to display different files depending on the time, while the URL stays the same. An often requested implementation of this is to display a different home page or image depending on if its morning, noon, or night.
htaccess directives available on Powweb
List of the directives available to Powweb users for use in htaccess filesSecurity Enhancing with htaccess
Securing Subdirectories using unique apache htaccess solutions.
Fight Blog Spam with Apache
Fighting Blog Spam with Apache htaccess and other methods.
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
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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!Setting charset in htaccess
Learning about charset's and file types maybe pretty boring, but using .htaccess it can be fun! Here's a quicklist htaccess cheatsheet for adding the correct Charset to a web document.
Links to htaccess tutorials and articles
Links to htaccess tutorials and howtos in the htaccess forum
Mod_Rewrite Basic Examples
mod_rewrite is very useful in many situations. Yet some behaviors were not so obvious when I started to mess with it. After many testings, I understand it much better, now. Having said that, I do not pretend to know it perfectly. I also make mistakes.
Commonly Used htaccess Code
A lot of commonly used htaccess code snippets for use with the Apache Web Server.
Set Environment Variables According To URL
Perhaps you want to keep status information between requests and use the URL to encode it. But you don't want to use a CGI wrapper for all pages just to strip out this information.
Make phpBB SEO friendly with htaccess
After I optimized the caching for my non-dynamic pages using apache modules mod_headers and mod_expires, I began to learn about phpbb seo..
Allowing Access From 1 static IP and Deny the rest
Say you want to deny access to your entire site except when you access it. The following htaccess code does just that. Instead of a Static IP you could also use a hostname, or part of a hostname..