Tagged: .htaccess

Creating Custom Error Messages in Apache 1

Creating Custom Error Messages in Apache

Introduction The .htaccess file is a file found in Apache servers that allows you to manipulate the behaviour of the server. A very common use is to create custom error messages for server errors. Examples of such errors are “404 Not Found” (say when you click on a broken link),...

Forcing www (or no-www) in domain name 0

Forcing www (or no-www) in domain name

One of the first things I do when I begin implementing a site is to force the www (or no-www) in the domain name. Why would I want to do this? For search engine optimization of course. For example, naseerahmad.com redirects to www.naseerahmad.com. What this means for Google is that...