To allow Apache to properly handle the SEF URLs, you need to set up a custom Joomla .htaccess file in the root directory. For the Apache server, the Joomla installation includes a sample .htaccess file that has the proper configuration settings for the main directory to allow Joomla to handle the URL conversion. The configuration file, named htaccess.txt, will be located at the root director
DirectoryPass is an Open Source multi-platform .htaccess file management system for the Apache web server software which enables the user to administer both .htaccess and .htpasswd files to setup password protected directories and to add and remove users.How to install DirectorypassOpen dirpass.cgi in your favourite text editor and edit the top line to represent the path to Perl 5 on your web serv
Are you looking forward to setup scripts that require .htaccess overwrite? Most open source php script uses .htaccess to provide some amazing url redirection and overwriting feature. .htaccess file is a feature available in apache server, and it provide much more features than that!
Bluehost .htaccess file can do:
url redirection & user redirection.
password protect folder or [...]
A .htaccess file is a simple ASCII file similar to that created through text editor such as Notepad or Simple Text. Most people are confused with the naming convention for the file. The term .htaccess is not a file .htaccess or somepage.htaccess because it is the file extension simply named as such. Its widely known use is related to implementing custom error page or password protected
Spammers have a knack for developing “overrides” to even the most secured aspect of the system including those that are not readily recognized as potential targets. The .htaccess file can be used to keep e-mail harvesters away. This is considered very effective since all of these harvesters get to identify themselves in some way using [...]
At present, there is a growing nuisance for users and administrators alike of sites that ruin web servers and more particularly, blogs. This nuisance is being referred to as comment, trackback and referrer spams. Various solutions have been proposed with some being applicable to even two of these forms of spam using a single solution.
What [...]
A .htaccess file is a simple ASCII file similar to that created through text editor such as Notepad or Simple Text. Most people are confused with the naming convention for the file. The term .htaccess is not a file .htaccess or somepage.htaccess because it is the file extension simply named as such. Its widely known [...]
How often do you check your Server Error Logs?
A prudent webmaster needs to keep track of the various IP addresses belonging to — at least — the major search engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN.
You might be blocking vital search engine spiders from indexing your site and hence denying you the traffic that you deserve.
The best [...]