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.
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.
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..
Abhishek 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.
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?
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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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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.
infoman posted this at 19:14 — 5th October 2008.
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You have some good webmaster resource and reference here. http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
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Phlip_corter posted this at 06:30 — 6th October 2008.
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Hey nice information i like it it will very useful to every one who are related this forum.I want to know more information about it will you help me. Thanks
john_opwin posted this at 12:42 — 6th October 2008.
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Thanks. I'm finding this resources! it is very nice. will you have more related articles of this topic then post them on this forum.
kenlinks posted this at 21:14 — 21st October 2008.
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Great tips .. Thanks for sharing this informative post buddy
citymaniac posted this at 17:12 — 25th November 2008.
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thankyou,
the best guide to htaccess i read so far,
best
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Captain-Mayhem posted this at 11:16 — 20th December 2008.
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Well I learned something today

Thanks for this timjpriebe, I will be looking for more stuff from you in the future
decibel.places posted this at 19:13 — 17th February 2009.
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I was having trouble with .htaccess - I can process php in html files on xampp but not on the remote server...
This article has a new url, the one in the OP will redirect anyway
http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
DoctorTree posted this at 21:23 — 12th May 2009.
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i didnt knew about this in much detail
thanx for the info, now i will also make the use of it
webdesigner posted this at 02:11 — 30th June 2009.
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Right in time! this is what i needed...nice you to know you post it here.
Thanks Tim.
benniestark1222 posted this at 03:15 — 7th August 2009.
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Thanks for sharing this links with us.
This is very useful and very helpful. Even new web designers can use this and is actually a must followed-tips.
Thanks again. Keep it coming.
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onlinemarketing1 posted this at 03:54 — 11th August 2009.
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Thanks for sharing the useful resource.
They are really cool and helpful tips.
As you wish, I find something new that I didn't know about ahead of time.
Thanks again!
I am a new comer here and hope to learn more from all of you.
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kiran posted this at 04:47 — 11th August 2009.
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Thank you for your excellent and nice work. It is a good article to know about the webmaster very well. It helps me a lot. I hope your work will definitely reach all kinds of people.
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miccharlys posted this at 17:46 — 21st August 2009.
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this is really very help ful tips provided...thanks a lot for sharing it
mrgilb posted this at 15:11 — 30th September 2009.
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Hey thanks for the resources!
PHPonly posted this at 04:22 — 25th October 2009.
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Great piece of information. Thank you for sharing.
ms2134 posted this at 11:48 — 1st January 2010.
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