Set up an .htaccess file with lines like this: RewriteEngine OnRewriteRule .html$ redirect.php This will redirect all *.html files to a file...

Create a file in the protected directory called .htaccess (leading . is important)In that file, put these lines: AuthName "Section...

To redirect all requests for your site to a "maintenance" url, use mod_rewrite.  I also found this useful when migrating...

If you have any special characters in your html code, like », or ®, you need to make sure Apache...

There are some sites out there that "steal" your content by dynamically pulling your content into their iframe (website).   The...

Sometimes people access your site using a different hostname than you'd prefer.  This example shows how to redirect a person...

When moving pages around on your website, it's important to set up redirects to the new pages, so that search...

Some hosting providers are still using php 4 as their default for scripts, but offer php5 as well.  To force...

After restarting apache, run this command: apachectl -S This dumps all the virtual hosts loaded by apache, and other useful information....

Sometimes you need to make sure your script is running on SSL, for security purposes.  Here's a short function you...

There's a "nice" included config file that comes with apache which causes this.  On your server, go to /etc/httpd/conf.d (or...

Using apache and .htaccess, you can add a line like this to set up seo friendly vanity URL's: RewriteRule ^vanity_url$ /index.php/articles/read/499...

Assuming your hosting provider isn't having any problems, this might be caused by an apache module called "mod_security".  This module...

Using a .htaccess file, here's how to redirect old URL's to new ones.  Also included is a way to keep...

In apache, using an .htaccess file, you can do this:   # 365 days<filesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public"</filesMatch> # 3 days<filesMatch "\.(css|js)$">Header...