This may be the best htaccess resource I've ever run across:
There are some really neat tips in there, including...
- Forcing certain file types to download instead of displaying within browser
- Search engine friendly redirects
- Preventing hotlinking and bandwidth stealing
Very cool tips! Post here if you find something new or cool you didn't know about ahead of time.






Abhishek Reddy posted this at 16:43—9th February 2007.
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Very neat! It's like an Apache config cookbook. Great find, Tim.
I think this ought to be stickied.
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JeevesBond posted this at 16:54—9th February 2007.
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Agreed, it has been stickied! Now I don't have to put it in my exponentially swelling pile-o-disorganised-bookmarks.
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askapache posted this at 21:03—9th February 2007.
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Thanks for the props guys, If you ever see any improvements or additions let me know, im always updating..
Speed Up SitesApache SSLrobots.txtPHP.iniElite htaccessAbhishek Reddy posted this at 13:23—11th February 2007.
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Andy posted about this excellent site in General Chat: http://localhost80.com/ -- a simple page full of links to useful articles.
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askapache posted this at 17:48—4th March 2007.
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Force Apache to output any HTTP Status Code with ErrorDocument
I setup an automated system to view all 57 Apache Response codes and ErrorDocuments, saving the headers and returned content for future reference. Use this page as a reference when designing scripts that use headers. Ex: 404 Not Found, 200 OK, 304 Not-Modified, 506 Service Temporarily Unavailable, etc.
When a Status code is encountered, Apache serves the header and the ErrorDocument for the error code. So if you can see any Header and ErrorDocument by causing that error on Apache.
For instance, if you request a file that doesn’t exist, a 404 Not Found is issued and the corresponding ErrorDocument is served with the 404 Not Found Header. So we can see what Apache 404 Errors and Response Codes look like, but how do we cause errors for the 56 other Apache Response Codes?
Speed Up SitesApache SSLrobots.txtPHP.iniElite htaccessjames2002 posted this at 21:44—9th March 2007.
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Excellent site and thank you for that.:wave:
franke1 posted this at 14:11—28th March 2007.
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Thank you for suggesting the link.
rhea posted this at 21:51—4th April 2007.
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I'm so thankful for your informative posts. It's great!
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jabz.biz posted this at 12:30—17th April 2007.
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yeah I like that one too! I only know the german equivalent to this...but this one is much more useful.
I like http://www.seoking.eu/seo-search-engine/ for looking up every question that comes in my mind regarding Search Engine Optimization. Ok I got to admit: I made it...but it´s really good and I care for it a lot.
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arunkumar2006 posted this at 11:29—12th June 2007.
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hey thanks for your articles
easywab posted this at 04:40—13th June 2007.
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hi,
that is good.
thanks for your articles...
sarpras posted this at 01:42—12th July 2007.
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Thanks for your articles.
MrCat posted this at 19:50—8th August 2007.
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Very useful link you provided pal! Thanks!
salsalero posted this at 14:02—17th August 2007.
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Thanks for the article. It is very useful.
sitesupport posted this at 23:29—18th August 2007.
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:jump: I shoulda check out this thread earlier
lyle posted this at 12:42—26th August 2007.
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excellent articles thanks for sharing tim.
Hafsoh posted this at 11:54—15th January 2008.
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Nice Article! Thanks for sharing
crysis-world.com posted this at 12:56—24th March 2008.
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Very useful!