Apache and .htaccess Setup and Configuration

Tutorials, Tips and Hints on how to configure your .htaccess files for your website as well as install and configure the Apache web server on your local computer.

.htaccess Tricks and Tips

• How to Redirect from Your Root Domain to the WWW Subdomain and Vice Versa Using mod_rewrite
• How to Change the Default Web Page that is Shown When Someone Goes to Your Domain Name
• How to Redirect a User from HTTP to HTTPS with.htaccess
• How to Redirect a URL
• How to Password Protect a Directory on Your Website
• How to Prevent Image Bandwidth Theft With .htaccess
• How to Set Up A Custom 404 File Not Found Page
• Masquerading Your Dynamic CGI/PHP Scripts as Static HTML Pages
• How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with .htaccess
• How to Prevent a Directory Listing of Your Website with .htaccess
• How to Block the Author ID and Author Archive URLs in WordPress Blogs Using .htaccess
• How to Modify .htaccess to Force Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to Render in Compatibility View or Standards Mode
• How to Prevent Your Website from being Placed in a Frame
• How to Use the Frame Blocking Facility (Anti-Clickjacking Defence) in Modern Web Browsers

Apache Web Server Setup and Initial Configuration

• How to Install and Configure Apache, PHP, Perl and MySQL on Windows the Easy Way (with XAMPP)
• How to Install Apache 2.2 on Windows Vista
• How to Install and Configure Apache 2 on Windows
• How to Install and Configure Apache 1.x on Windows
• How to Install and Configure PHP 5 to Run with Apache on Windows
• How to Install PHP4 to run with Apache 1.x on Windows
• How to Add CGI Script Support (Perl, Python, PHP, etc) to Your Apache 1.x Server on Windows
• How to Install MySQL on Windows Vista and Configure PHP 5 to Use It

Other Apache Articles

• Server Side Includes (SSI) Primer

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