.htaccess hacks
Specify the Directory Index:
DirectoryIndex newindex.html
Specify 404 error:
ErrorDocument 404 /404error.html
Redirect 301
Redirect 301 /old.html /new.html
Resolve www (make www.website.com become website.com)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.website.com [nocase]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://website.com/$1 [last,redirect=301
Deny access to specific ip (123.45.6.6)
order allow,deny
deny from 123.45.6.6
allow from all
Prevent Hot linking
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?website.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|css)$ - [F]
Make website.com/index.html redirect to website.com (SEO Remove duplicate index page)
RewriteEngine on
# For index.html and index.htm only, without parameters, and only in the root:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html?$ http://website.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Redirect a folder can be same site or a diferent site
RewriteRule ^sma/delicias(.*)$ http://canbeanothersite.com/delicias$1 [L,R=301]
Written by Adrian
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Can I make the redirection from index.html to website.com work with an index.php?
Use this
Options +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.php HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index.php$ http://www.askapache.com/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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