How to avoid duplicate content using .htaccess

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

If domain.com and www.domain.com has same content, Google will think it as duplicate content. However, you can use .htaccess to avoid duplicate content. Solution is to redirect your visitor to one of the domain, either with www or without www. The trick below is a simple yet effective way to avoid duplicate content on the [...]

How to block access to certain file types using .htaccess

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

It’s a good practice to block visitor access to file types that is not being used in web server. You can configure .htaccess to block access to specific file types (eg: inc, bak, log, sh). It’s common for webmaster to edit files at the server and rename the old filename to .bak. If your file [...]

Limit certain ip to access website with .htaccess

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Many friends ask me to limit only certain ip are allow to access their website. To limit specific ip to access website is easy with .htaccess. Just follow the steps below and you will be able to set your website to be view by specific ip:-