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IP Abuse Detection for DreamHost 2008-01-16 07:46:44 Scan Apache logs for IP address that are probably evil, then generates an .htaccess file to DENY them all. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Come On and Sprite for your Website 2008-01-16 02:56:15 Let me show you an example that works so well I am using it right now on my site. Every page in fact. If you are a young or up and coming web developer with skills to pay the bills, lets make the future Net fast, learn about optimization and refactoring while you still have the chance. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Fetch Feed Subscribers from Google Reader with CURL 2008-01-08 16:40:20 PHP curl example utilizing cookies, POST, and SSL options to login to Google Reader and fetch the number of subscribers for a particular feed url. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ... Google

SetEnvIf and SetEnvIfNoCase Examples 2008-01-07 11:36:59 SetEnvIf and SetEnvIfNoCase directives conditionally set environment variables accessible by scripts and apache based on HTTP Headers, Variables, and Request information. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Apache Environment Variables CGI Script 2008-01-07 09:40:01 My improved version of the common printenv / test-cgi scripts for debugging Apache environment variables set in .htaccess files [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Mod_Security .htaccess tricks 2007-12-25 00:17:01 Mod_Security rivals Mod_Rewrite in the amount of features it provides. I decided to go ahead and post what I learned about it today, even though its tough to give away such awesome htaccess and apache tricks.. Learn how to control spam once and for all, conditionally log/deny/allow/redirect requests based on IP, username, etc.. Mod_Security is so fine! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

mod_rewrite Fix for Caching Updated Files 2007-12-22 07:20:59 Web Developers sometimes use file.ext?v=004 as a version control system to force visitors to use updated files. This is terrible. Instead link to apache-003.css and set it to be cached forever. When you change the file you just change the links to apache-004.css. That eliminates millions of bandwidth and resource robbing If-Modified-Since requests. You only need Apache with mod_rewrite, and 1-10 minutes! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Boost SEO, Drive Traffic with the 404 Error Page Plugin 2007-12-19 00:06:24 The best (so far) AskApache Plugin is now even bestester! Turns every 404 Not Found error on your blog into a search engine optimized, traffic driving event! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ... Error

WordPress Google 404 Plugin 2007-12-18 19:51:16 1 minute Install! Turns every 404 Not Found error into a SEO traffic generating event! Now you have many unique users with unique IP addresses and cookies searching your blog on all of the Google Indexes... Sweet! «Take My 404 for a Test-Drive [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ... Google

PHP5 Custom Install Shell Script Example 2007-12-16 21:11:31 Today I successfully learned how to compile and run multiple custom php installations for a DreamHost account, and to get it working I came upon a simple shell script that I made a couple changes to. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Updated robots.txt for WordPress 2007-12-15 20:35:37 Implementing an effective SEO robots.txt file for WordPress will help your blog to rank higher in Search Engines, receive higher paying relevant Ads, and increase your blog traffic. Get a search robots point of view... Sweet! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Robots.txt Secrets From Matt Cutts 2007-12-14 20:59:35 The secrets in this post were really more of enlightening bits of seo wisdom. The secret is how to combine robots.txt with meta robots tags to control pagerank, juice, whatever. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

WordPress What Is This Plugin 2007-12-14 18:12:48 It shows a semi-transparent box on the document you are viewing that tells you if its a page, single, feed, category, etc.. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

CSS Cross-Browser Compatibility Tip 2007-12-13 02:08:02 What I used to do when I was still learning CSS was to check the web page in each of the various problematic browsers to make sure the display stayed the same. I have several actual machines and several vmware virtual machines running various browers but I decided to skip all that extra time and effort and just use an online tool to do it for me. The tool views my page in all the various browsers and generates a screenshot image from each browser so that I can see if there are issues with my CSS. [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...

Custom Boot Menu in Windows XP 2007-12-10 21:37:05 One of the first things that I do upon receiving a new Windows computer is immediately create a poweruser-style customized boot menu. Then every time I boot I can choose Safe Mode, Recovery Console, Debug, whatever I want! It's quick and easy to set-up and everyone should have one, soo sweet! [ Visit http://www.askapache.com for full article! ] ...