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A Deeper Look at mod_rewrite for Apache

03.11.2010, Kategória: Napísali v zahraničí, Autor , Tagy: , , Komentáre sú deaktivované

When people think of .htaccess configuration the first thing that pops into most people’s minds is URL manipulation with mod_rewrite. People typically get frustrated with mod_rewrite’s complexity. This tutorial will walk you through everything you need to know for the most common mod_rewrite tasks.

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Using htaccess Files for Pretty URLS

20.08.2010, Kategória: Napísali v zahraničí, Autor , Tagy: , Komentáre sú deaktivované

While some claim pretty URLs help in search engine rankings, the debate here is fierce, we can all agree that pretty URLs make things easier for our users and adds a level of professionalism and polish to any web application. I could go over all the theoretical reasons for this, but I like real-world examples better. Like it or hate it we all must admit that Twitter is a wildly popular web application and part of the reason for that is most certainly how it formats URLs. I can tell anyone in the know that my Twitter username is noahhendrix, and they know my profile can easily be found at twitter.com/noahhendrix. This seemingly simple concept has vast effects in the popularity of your application.

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You can hide your development space from the public many ways, a weird URL no one will find, use a local testing server (localhost), or set up a development server. Up until my last redesign I was just using a directory called dev under csskarma.com. And that was fine, but my file paths would all have to be adjusted when I went live (not a huge deal, but annoying none-the-less).

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Every once in a while Google Analytics will turn up a peculiar behavior where you can tell someone is linking directly to an image hosted on your Web server. Sometimes it can be for good reasons like giving you credit for a project, or make sure files are synced up (cross-domain projects); but it’s usually just out of ignorance or laziness (or myspace).

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While I was putting together my usual .htaccess file I thought that maybe I could build it a little better and create a file template that I can use in the future when I’m doing something like this again (since, I know this will come up again). So I did a little research about things I knew I wanted to add in like the 404 error page rewrite rule (which many tutorials seem to omit) and denying a directory listing.

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