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Mod proxy is a powerful Apache modules and provides URL rewriting and domain mapping capabilities. With proxy module enabled on apache server you can rewrite your domain URLs to an external domain that is being hosted on a diffrent web server. Proxy module allows you to use P flag (Proxy) in RewriteRule directive to rewrite…
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The search ranking of your domain can go down If your website is accessible with and without www as both URLs with same contents are indexed by search engines and can cause duplicate contents issues. In this case, all you need to do is either redirect your www subdomain to non-www (naked domain) or the…
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RewriteRule directive uses a Regular expression based pattern to match against URL path. In this post we will cover some basic and commonly used patterns that are most often used in RewriteRule. RewriteRule basic regex (.*) Catch-all and save (zero or more characters) (.+) Catch-all and save (one or more characters) ([a-zA-Z0-9]+) Catch-all alpha numbric…
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How to add YouTube videos to WordPress or blooger pages Most often when we write a blog post we want to add our favourite youtube videos to it. If you don’t know basic HTML then you might find it a bit hard to figure out how Videos are embeded on web pages. In this post…
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When you create a YouTube channel the default channel layout you get is vertical type and your account looks something like the following on YouTube App You can easily change your layout to make it look like a brand account with inline menues like the following screenshot : Although on YouTube app you will not…
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Redirect non-logged in users using htaccess With apache mod-rewrite it is quite possible to manipulate http cookies. The cookie you set using php or RewriteRule can easily be accessed using RewriteCond directive. If you need to redirect your non-logged in users of your website to a diffrent page using RewriteRule you need to check the…
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Many users who use htaccess often get confused by mod-rewrite %{THE_REQUEST} variable. The questions what is it and how do we use it appear on their mind. In this post I will explain what %{THE_REQUEST} actually is and how we can use it in rewriteRule. What is %{THE_REQUEST} in mod rewrite? %{THE_REQUEST} is a mod…
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How to remove multiple file extensions using RewriteRule in htaccess ? .htaccess is a directory level configuration file used on apache server. Many users who don’t have access to their main server.config file use htaccess to rewrite URLs and configure other custom server settings. Htaccess is often used by Apache users to shorten URLs when…
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The error “Your connection to site is not fully secure is most often caused by mixed contents. This happens when a mixture of secure and non-secure elements is sent over the secure sever. Chrome browser flags such URLs as insecure and removes the green ssl padlock. The appearance of https:// URL perfix changes from green…
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Cloudflare is a content delivery management and website performance boosting system on the web.We use Cloudflare with purposes of increasing performance and security of our website. When you add a domain to cloudflare all the external requests your domain receives reaches your web hosting server quickly via Cloudflare CDN. Cloudflare checks your domain or subdomains…
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