Comments on: Beginners Guide to .htaccess File with Examples http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/ Blogging on Software Reviews, Hardware, Downloads, Technology, Search Engines, AdSense, AdWords, Firefox, Windows, HowTo, Tips and Tricks, SEO, programming and web 2.0 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Basic htaccess « 0ddn1x: tricks with *nix http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-6755 Basic htaccess « 0ddn1x: tricks with *nix Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:18:47 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-6755 [...] Basic htaccess Filed under: Uncategorized — 0ddn1x @ 2007-08-12 19:18:46 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/ [...] [...] Basic htaccess Filed under: Uncategorized — 0ddn1x @ 2007-08-12 19:18:46 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/ [...]

]]> By: Brent Meshier » Preventing image hotlinking with htaccess http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-3850 Brent Meshier » Preventing image hotlinking with htaccess Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:01:08 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-3850 [...] beginners guide to .htaccess can be found here. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...] [...] beginners guide to .htaccess can be found here. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-3412 Raj Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:27:35 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-3412 You're Welcome :) You’re Welcome :)

]]> By: morganusvitus http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-3399 morganusvitus Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:11:06 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-3399 The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !) The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !)

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-2892 Raj Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:12:11 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-2892 Hi Allan, I am glad you liked this article. Whenever a folder is called, could be a root folder, the htaccess file is picked up and processed every time. It certainly demands processing power and if your htaccess file is significantly larger, it will require greater processing time. A file of few kilobytes in size does not matter so much, but if your site receives lot of traffic, then in that case, instead of having a common htaccess file, it would be better to have specific htaccess file in the folder. Example: If you want to prevent image hot linking, instead of putting the file in root, have a htaccess file in the images folder only and for the purpose of preventing hot linking. [You can still have a htaccess in root if your site does not get thousands of requests a day] Hi Allan,
I am glad you liked this article. Whenever a folder is called, could be a root folder, the htaccess file is picked up and processed every time. It certainly demands processing power and if your htaccess file is significantly larger, it will require greater processing time. A file of few kilobytes in size does not matter so much, but if your site receives lot of traffic, then in that case, instead of having a common htaccess file, it would be better to have specific htaccess file in the folder. Example: If you want to prevent image hot linking, instead of putting the file in root, have a htaccess file in the images folder only and for the purpose of preventing hot linking. [You can still have a htaccess in root if your site does not get thousands of requests a day]

]]> By: Allan http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-2891 Allan Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:47:46 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-2891 Thanks for the tutorial. I've had a couple of problems with hotlinkers. I'm going to try to apply your htaccess method to block them. I mean, if you want to use the content, at least upload it to your own server and stop using my precious expensive bandwidth! I have one question. You say that if I place the htaccess file in one directory, the rules will apply to all subdirectories and subdirectories of those directories below it. I actually have a large htaccess file. When Apache parses it, does it use a lot of processing power? Since my large htaccess file is in the public_html folder, will that slow down my server? Thanks Allan <a href="http://www.hackernotcracker.com" rel="nofollow">hacker not cracker</a> Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve had a couple of problems with hotlinkers. I’m going to try to apply your htaccess method to block them. I mean, if you want to use the content, at least upload it to your own server and stop using my precious expensive bandwidth! I have one question. You say that if I place the htaccess file in one directory, the rules will apply to all subdirectories and subdirectories of those directories below it. I actually have a large htaccess file. When Apache parses it, does it use a lot of processing power? Since my large htaccess file is in the public_html folder, will that slow down my server?

Thanks
Allan
hacker not cracker

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-2288 Raj Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:49:33 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-2288 robots.txt is a file commonly found on all web server and primarily used as an exclusion mechanism. Suppose, you don't want certain directories to be included by search engines in their index, you can put those directories in robots.txt and search engines will not index them. This link (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/about-copiepresse-decision.html) may be of your interest. And also this one -> http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/robotstxt-exclusion-implementation-guide/ robots.txt is a file commonly found on all web server and primarily used as an exclusion mechanism. Suppose, you don’t want certain directories to be included by search engines in their index, you can put those directories in robots.txt and search engines will not index them. This link (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/about-copiepresse-decision.html) may be of your interest. And also this one -> http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/robotstxt-exclusion-implementation-guide/

]]> By: Recruiting solution http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-2286 Recruiting solution Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:15:28 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-2286 what is the importance of robots.txt file in a web page in search engine point of view and why we will add it ? what is the importance of robots.txt file in a web page in search engine point of view
and why we will add it ?

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1975 Raj Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:38:28 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1975 Hey Inder, I have sent you an email with information. - Raj Hey Inder,
I have sent you an email with information. – Raj

]]> By: Inder http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1973 Inder Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:48:19 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1973 Hi Raj, Where r u from what is your profile job details Hi Raj,

Where r u from what is your profile job details

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1917 Raj Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:09:51 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1917 Hi Inder, #1. Using Metatags for keywords should not make any difference as such as most of the search engines give least importance to meta tags based keywords. But, since on Internet, Search Engines treat each page as a single entity, you might want to make sure that every page of yours has different keywords based on the respective content. An example would be if your site is about automobiles, and consists of two pages, one for Benz cars and second for Truck, then consider having keywords as "cars, benz" for first page on cars and "trcuks, heavy trucks" for the second page. That should be fine. However, if you are using keywords, I would recommend using more than just few keywords. Identify the keywords in your pages, number of times they are repeated and use them. #2. Having your domain with or without www should not make any difference from search engine's point of view. However, sometimes, you might see difference in number of pages indexed, backlinks etc when compared to with and without www. I use htaccess to detect an incoming request for non www request and return www.bloghash.com without appropriate header codes. See the second part of this article which has an example for redirecting a non www to www.domain.com ... lemme know if this helps.. Cheers! Hi Inder,

#1. Using Metatags for keywords should not make any difference as such as most of the search engines give least importance to meta tags based keywords. But, since on Internet, Search Engines treat each page as a single entity, you might want to make sure that every page of yours has different keywords based on the respective content. An example would be if your site is about automobiles, and consists of two pages, one for Benz cars and second for Truck, then consider having keywords as “cars, benz” for first page on cars and “trcuks, heavy trucks” for the second page. That should be fine. However, if you are using keywords, I would recommend using more than just few keywords. Identify the keywords in your pages, number of times they are repeated and use them.

#2. Having your domain with or without www should not make any difference from search engine’s point of view. However, sometimes, you might see difference in number of pages indexed, backlinks etc when compared to with and without www. I use htaccess to detect an incoming request for non www request and return http://www.bloghash.com without appropriate header codes. See the second part of this article which has an example for redirecting a non www to http://www.domain.com … lemme know if this helps..

Cheers!

]]> By: Inder http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1916 Inder Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:52:33 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1916 Hi Raj how my domain will take automatically www. in browser how .htaccess plays role to make it and will it make any difference if my site will open without www please let me know Hi Raj

how my domain will take automatically www. in browser how .htaccess plays role to make it and will it make any difference if my site will open without www please let me know

]]> By: Inder http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1914 Inder Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:43:23 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1914 In search engine point of view is there any problem if there is only three key words in my keyword tag. will it effect on search engine ranking or SERP result. In search engine point of view is there any problem if there is only three key words in my keyword tag. will it effect on search engine ranking or SERP result.

]]> By: Raj http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1783 Raj Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:37:19 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1783 Jack, htaccess can be used to grant access on folder-by-folder basis. I would recommend you NOT to use htaccess for user management within the site but rather use it only to give access to folders in the site. Example: yoursite.com/members/ -- Here if someone opens that URL, you can use htaccess to grant access to files within that folder, but I think for your membership site, you may want some sessions and cookies management as well. You should consider mysql based user management for that. If you need help with security management in your site, do drop in an email to rajATbloghashDOTcom and I will try to help you best I can. Cheers ! Jack, htaccess can be used to grant access on folder-by-folder basis. I would recommend you NOT to use htaccess for user management within the site but rather use it only to give access to folders in the site.

Example: yoursite.com/members/ — Here if someone opens that URL, you can use htaccess to grant access to files within that folder, but I think for your membership site, you may want some sessions and cookies management as well. You should consider mysql based user management for that. If you need help with security management in your site, do drop in an email to rajATbloghashDOTcom and I will try to help you best I can.

Cheers !

]]> By: Jack http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/comment-page-2/#comment-1781 Jack Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:24:04 +0000 http://www.bloghash.com/2006/11/beginners-guide-to-htaccess-file-with-examples/#comment-1781 We have a membership site that was created in php and uses null.html then skip to main.php as the home page. username and password were created by our programmer. But, he has left and the site has some suthencation problems. Security is oue main priority. Can htaccess be used with a system that has an established username / password system? You comments are appreciated Thanks! We have a membership site that was created in php and uses null.html then skip to main.php as the home page. username and password were created by our programmer. But, he has left and the site has some suthencation problems. Security is oue main priority. Can htaccess be used with a system that has an established username / password system? You comments are appreciated Thanks!

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