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Blocking bad bots and unwanted traffic
Not all automated traffic is welcome. Some ignores robots.txt entirely, so blocking has to happen...
Common .htaccess mistakes.htaccess is powerful and unforgiving. One wrong character takes the whole site down with a 500...
Custom error pagesBy default a missing page shows a bare server message. A custom error page keeps visitors on your...
How to Stop Search Engines from Crawling your Website...
How to configure directory and file privacyPassword protection via .htaccess and .htpasswd It is possible to password protect an entire...
How to exclude a subfolder from password protection with htaccess fileA very useful and simple to use method of protecting access to a directory or an entire account...
Redirects: 301, 302 and how to set them upA redirect sends a visitor from one address to another. Choosing the wrong type quietly costs you...
