Best .htaccess guides in your bookmark?
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It would be helpful if you can share .htaccess guides you're currently using.
Thanks in advance!
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HI,
This one is pretty good: http://www.noupe.com/php/htaccess-techniques.html
And the boilerplate htaccess file often gives a good starting point (and its commented): https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/.htaccess
For redirects Lesley is right, they can get complicated and often need a bit of fiddling to avoid server 500 errors.
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I just want to ask if you guys have articles like the following which you're using as a guide/cheat sheet:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php
http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ultimate-htaccess-file-sample.html
Thanks,
JC
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I generally write them by hand unless an application generates them. They can be quite complex and a lot only work on certain configurations. What exactly are you looking to do?
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