Prevent Image Linking Using .htaccess

For “www” With .htaccess Require the “www” in a domain (you want to do this so that Google or other search engines don’t think there are 2 versions of your site out there – the www version (like “www.yourdomain.com”) and the non-www version. This is done for SEO reasons: Copy RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www..*…

This is a .htaccess rule to use to make sure that “index.php” doesn’t show up in URLs (for SEO reasons). You want to do this so that you have just one URL pointing to a page instead of two URLs (one with index.php and one without) so that your website doesn’t have 2 pages with…

And here’s one I’m adding since it’s so useful… redirecting everything from an old domain to a new domain (not just the home page) so that you don’t lose traffic from bookmarks, links and search engine results. This one’s important to have on hand. You’ll use this if you change domain names or more content…

This one is useful for SEO purposes – I found it when searching for “htaccess 404 redirect to homepage” and it works great. NOTE: I used to use this a lot, but it does seem better now to not send these redirects to the home page, but instead just show a really good 404 page…

Force the Root Domain for Your Website using .htaccess This one is useful since some websites want to have a shorter URL (better for SEO). This will redirect the www subdomain to domain root (non-www). This is for when you want the non-www version of their domain to be the main domain name. People might…