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Url manipulation with mod_rewrite and php-catcher for beginners

Submitted by n8coder on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 02:56
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Url manipulation is one of the hottest areas on the new generation web (2.0). It provides more security and flexibility. It is user and search-engine friendly. The most popular combination is Apache-webserver + mod_rewrite + server-side catcher(mostly a php-file). In this tutorial we use very short examples to make it easy for newbies.

Why url manipulation & mod_rewrite?

  1. more security: hide file location
  2. shorter urls without file extensions like .html
  3. easy to remember / recommend urls
  4. search engine friendly

Redirect webpages with HTML, PHP, .htaccess, Java+Script, CGI-Perl, ASP.NET and ColdFusion

Submitted by n8coder on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 00:04
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Here are examples of code how to redirect an old page/url/domain to a new one with most popular client+server side programming/scripting languages. We use 301 http status code (permanent redirect). If you need temporary redirection use 302 status code instead of 301. It is better to prefer server-side redirection, because some clients are surfing with javascript and http-refresh disabled browsers. Do not forget to test your code first!

.htacces and Mod_Rewrite (Apache Webserver)

Prevent hotlinking with htaccess and mod_rewrite

Submitted by rex on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 01:53
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To stopping content stealing, just create an .htaccess file (or add to the existing file) and paste code below and upload/save it to your main directory(root of your homepage).

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.com(/)?.*$     [NC]
RewriteRule \.(bmp|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|mp3|swf|avi)$ - [NC,F,L]

You can replace requested files with a ' don't hotlink' image file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.com(/)?.*$     [NC]
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