Hidden files and folders usually contain configuration data and other goodies not intended for public consumption. Git, for example, saves all sorts of useful information in a root-level directory named .git. By default these files and folders don’t appear in a directory listing, but depending on server setup and where they live relative to the […]
Once a site has been transitioned to the https protocol, it’s important to redirect all legacy traffic through this protocol, with a 301 “permanently moved” status code, so the change can propagate fully. Otherwise any site with a now-outdated a link to the http version will continue browsing that version, handily and unknowingly circumventing all […]
RedirectMatch rules are, by default, case-sensitive: # ‘Old-Page.htm’ will result in a 404 error RedirectMatch 301 ^/old-page.htm$ http://new-site.com/ To make a RedirectMatch rule case-insensitive, add (?i) to the start of pattern: # Will redirect properly regardless of capitalization: RedirectMatch 301 ^(?i)/old-page.htm$ http://new-site.com/
The discussion over whether one’s domain needs a “www” prefix is lively and on-going. Some are staunchly against; others are stubbornly in favor. (And no one can seem to resist borrowing from Hamlet.) Seeing I’m never as interested in what’s right as much as what works I present both methods and allow the reader to […]