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htaccess Generator Tool
Jeremy Steele has just released the alpha version of an .htaccess generator tool. While it’s not yet complete, it is still useful, so I thought I’d pass it along. Even if I only ever use it to quickly generate www/non-www redirects, it’s worth bookmarking. He’s going to be adding help files and other goodies in the future, but there’s no reason not to use it as is now. I’ve got it bookmarked for future use.
Of course, be careful with .htaccess files. Make sure you don’t overwrite an existing file, and double-check everything so that you don’t accidentally block the search engine bots or something equally horrendous.
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September 29th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Thanks for the mention
September 29th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
If you FTP into your site and cannot see the .htaccess file listed there, then DO NOT under any circumstance assume that there is no .htaccess file present.
Most FTP programs are set to HIDE all filenames that begin with a dot. If you upload your file, you WILL overwrite the existing file without realising it, and you will lose all the settings you previously had.
Always check the settings in the FTP program and make sure that you are showing filenames that begin with a dot. If in doubt, make a file called .xyz123 or something like that, upload that, and make sure the FTP view still shows it.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:21 am
I don’t understand some stuff hope to see more instructions how to use this tool and for what.