Using .HTACCESS files can be a great help to protecting your site’s images and content as well as for SEO. Noah Hendrix has written an article covering 5 Practical Solutions using .HTACCESS.
Some of the things covered are:
- Hotlinking Prevention
- IP Address Blocking
- Error Redirection
- Redirection during site maintenance
- Hiding Directory Listings
If you are using Apache webserver, you need to make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.
For more information: 5 Fun and Practical Htaccess Solutions


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