Category: .htaccess (Page 2 of 4)

Category Archive: .htaccess

Posts about Apache and .htaccess

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Canonical www via .htaccess

Creating canonical URLs for your site is an important part of good SEO. In this quick post, we’ll look at several .htaccess techniques for removing and requiring the www prefix, and additionally we’ll see how to remove any index.php appendage from all URIs.

WordPress Fix Image Upload Errors

Here are some quick tips to help troubleshoot and fix image and file upload errors in WordPress. Hopefully it helps someone out there get things back on track with their uploaded images. I know it can be frustrating!

Query String Parameter Redirect

Example snippet showing how to redirect from one URL to another, changing only a single parameter in the query string. It’s a subtle but a commonly used technique, especially in the SEO field, where URLs are changed frequently to optimize for structure, keywords, etc.

Require HTTP 1.1 (and better) for POST

This quick .htaccess snippet requires that the user submit POST requests using only HTTP 1.1 and better.

Disable caching with .htaccess

Quick .htaccess snippet to disable browser caching by modifying Cache-Control, Pragma, and Expires headers. Strictly plug-n-play.

Apache Request Method Types

Here is a list of all types of Apache Request methods. GET PUT POST DELETE CONNECT OPTIONS TRACE PATCH PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK VERSION_CONTROL CHECKOUT UNCHECKOUT CHECKIN UPDATE LABEL REPORT MKWORKSPACE MKACTIVITY BASELINE_CONTROL MERGE INVALID If you know of any others, let me know — thanks! :)

.htaccess block spammer

Quick tutorial showing how to block a specific spammer via .htaccess. This technique is perfect for forum and site owners who want to block access to pesky visitors based on their reported IP address.

.htaccess enable compression

Two quick code snippets for compressing your file output with Apache’s mod_deflate (gzip). Compressing your content is a great way to improve performance by decreasing the amount of data that is sent to the client.

Force file download with .htaccess

Here is a quick .htaccess snippet that will force files to download instead of displaying in the browser. This method works for any site running on an Apache server.

.htaccess template for custom directory views

Here is an .htaccess template for displaying a customized directory with file view enabled, such that all files except for those indicated are displayed as a list.