Category Archives: Apache
General tips and tricks regarding the world’s most reliable web server.
Put Your 404 Page to Work with URL Splitting
If you launch a new version of a site and the URL structure changes – you can certainly handle most of that with an htaccess file and a 301 Redirect command. But sometimes, as I’ve found at least, this isn’t … Continue reading
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How to Fix Minify Error: !FAIL: environment : PHP/server does not auto-HTTP-encode content
So you’ve setup PHP Minify and think you’re a good citizen for making your site zippier. You run the tests in min_unit_tests and all pass, except for the last one: !FAIL: environment : PHP/server does not auto-HTTP-encode content (1 of … Continue reading
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Baiduspider, Twiceler, and Yeti – Bad Robots!
One of the websites I manage had been experiencing tremendous use in bandwidth. “Sweet!” we thought, a solid boost in traffic is a good thing. But as time went by, it kept going up and up in an unreal way … Continue reading
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Combo Pack: CakePHP and Leopard Virtual Hosts
A bit about CakePHP, but more about getting several virtual hosts/domains up and running on Leopard. For example, you can setup www.testsite1.dev and www.testsite2.dev with full PHP/MySQL database-driven goodness. Continue reading
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Forcing a Download with Apache and .htaccess
Sometime you don’t want to give your site visitors the option to open a file in their web browser. This could be a Microsoft Office document, or even a giant jpg or png image. When you want to force download … Continue reading
Moving Data Out of Movable Type
ChronicBabe.com started off as a smallish blog, and was powered by Movable Type. But as the site grew, features were added, and we soon started to feel a bit limited by good ol’ MT, even with it’s extensive range of … Continue reading
