NOTE:
Check out and use the Google 404 Error Page.
If you see any room for improvement, or if you can add something than go ahead and comment and I will definately give it a look for possible inclusion.
### MAIN SETTINGS AND OPTIONS # Options: ALL,FollowSymLinks,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
### MAIN DEFAULTS Options +ExecCGI -Indexes DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php DefaultLanguage en-US AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 ServerSignature Off
### ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES SetEnv PHPRC /webroot/includes SetEnv TZ America/Las_Vegas SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@domain.tld
### MIME TYPES AddType video/x-flv .flv AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType image/x-icon .ico
### FORCE FILE TO DOWNLOAD INSTEAD OF APPEAR IN BROWSER AddType application/octet-stream .mov .mp3 .zip
### ERRORDOCUMENTS #-> http://askapache.com/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html1xx ErrorDocuments
ErrorDocument 100 /error-100/ ErrorDocument 101 /error-101/ ErrorDocument 102 /error-102/2xx ErrorDocuments
ErrorDocument 200 /error-200/ ErrorDocument 201 /error-201/ ErrorDocument 202 /error-202/ ErrorDocument 203 /error-203/ ErrorDocument 204 /error-204/ ErrorDocument 205 /error-205/ ErrorDocument 206 /error-206/ ErrorDocument 207 /error-207/4xx ErrorDocuments
ErrorDocument 400 /error-400/ ErrorDocument 401 /error-401/ ErrorDocument 402 /error-402/ ErrorDocument 403 /error-403/ ErrorDocument 404 /error-404/ ErrorDocument 405 /error-405/ ErrorDocument 406 /error-406/ ErrorDocument 407 /error-407/ ErrorDocument 408 /error-408/ ErrorDocument 409 /error-409/ ErrorDocument 410 /error-410/ ErrorDocument 411 /error-411/ ErrorDocument 412 /error-412/ ErrorDocument 413 /error-413/ ErrorDocument 414 /error-414/ ErrorDocument 415 /error-415/ ErrorDocument 416 /error-416/ ErrorDocument 417 /error-417/ ErrorDocument 418 /error-418/ ErrorDocument 419 /error-419/ ErrorDocument 420 /error-420/ ErrorDocument 421 /error-421/ ErrorDocument 422 /error-422/ ErrorDocument 423 /error-423/ ErrorDocument 424 /error-424/ ErrorDocument 425 /error-425/ ErrorDocument 426 /error-426/5xx ErrorDocuments
ErrorDocument 500 /error-500/ ErrorDocument 501 /error-501/ ErrorDocument 502 /error-502/ ErrorDocument 503 /error-503/ ErrorDocument 504 /error-504/ ErrorDocument 505 /error-505/ ErrorDocument 506 /error-506/ ErrorDocument 507 /error-507/ ErrorDocument 508 /error-508/ ErrorDocument 509 /error-509/ ErrorDocument 510 /error-510/Add Languages
AddLanguage aa .aa # Afar AddLanguage ab .ab # Abkhazian AddLanguage af .af # Afrikaans AddLanguage am .am # Amharic AddLanguage ar .ar # Arabic AddLanguage as .as # Assamese AddLanguage ay .ay # Aymara AddLanguage az .az # Azerbaijani AddLanguage ba .ba # Bashkir AddLanguage be .be # Byelorussian AddLanguage bg .bg # Bulgarian AddLanguage bh .bh # Bihari AddLanguage bi .bi # Bislama AddLanguage bn .bn # Bengali; Bangla AddLanguage bo .bo # Tibetan AddLanguage br .br # Breton AddLanguage ca .ca # Catalan AddLanguage co .co # Corsican AddLanguage cs .cs # Czech AddLanguage cy .cy # Welsh AddLanguage da .da # Danish AddLanguage de .de # German AddLanguage dz .dz # Bhutani AddLanguage el .el # Greek AddLanguage en .en # English AddLanguage eo .eo # Esperanto AddLanguage es .es # Spanish AddLanguage et .et # Estonian AddLanguage eu .eu # Basque AddLanguage fa .fa # Persian AddLanguage fi .fi # Finnish AddLanguage fj .fj # Fiji AddLanguage fo .fo # Faeroese AddLanguage fr .fr # French AddLanguage fy .fy # Frisian AddLanguage ga .ga # Irish AddLanguage gd .gd # Scots Gaelic AddLanguage gl .gl # Galician AddLanguage gn .gn # Guamni AddLanguage gu .gu # Gujarati AddLanguage ha .ha # Hausa AddLanguage he .he # Hebrew AddLanguage hi .hi # Hindi AddLanguage hr .hr # Croatian AddLanguage hu .hu # Hungarian AddLanguage hy .hy # Armenian AddLanguage ia .ia # Interlingua AddLanguage id .id # Indonesian AddLanguage ie .ie # lnteriingue AddLanguage ik .ik # Knupiak AddLanguage is .is # Icelandic AddLanguage it .it # Italian AddLanguage iu .iu # Inuktitut (Eskimo) AddLanguage ja .ja # Japanese AddLanguage jw .jw # Javanese AddLanguage ka .ka # Georgian AddLanguage kk .kk # Kazakh AddLanguage kl .kl # Greaenlandic AddLanguage km .km # Cambodian AddLanguage kn .kn # Kannada AddLanguage ko .ko # Korean AddLanguage ks .ks # Kashmiri AddLanguage ku .ku # Kurdish AddLanguage ky .ky # Kirghiz AddLanguage la .la # Latin AddLanguage ln .ln # Lingala AddLanguage lo .lo # Laothian AddLanguage lt .lt # Lithuainnian AddLanguage lv .lv # Latvian, Lettish AddLanguage mg .mg # Malagasy AddLanguage mi .mi # Maori AddLanguage mk .mk # Macedonian AddLanguage ml .ml # Malayalam AddLanguage mn .mn # Mongolian AddLanguage mo .mo # Moldavian AddLanguage mr .mr # Marathi AddLanguage ms .ms # Malay AddLanguage mt .mt # Maltese AddLanguage my .my # Burmese AddLanguage na .na # Nauru AddLanguage ne .ne # Nepali AddLanguage nl .nl # Dutch AddLanguage no .no # Norwegian AddLanguage oc .oc # Occitan AddLanguage om .om # (Afan) Oromo AddLanguage or .or # Oriya AddLanguage pa .pa # Punjabi AddLanguage pl .po # Polish (use .po instead .pl to avoid problems with perl files) AddLanguage ps .ps # Pashto, Pushto AddLanguage pt .pt # Portuguese AddLanguage qu .qu # Ouechua AddLanguage rm .rm # Rhaeto-Romance AddLanguage rn .rn # Kirundi AddLanguage ro .ro # Romanian AddLanguage ru .ru # Russian AddLanguage rw .rw # Kinya, Rwanda AddLanguage sa .sa # Sanskrit AddLanguage sd .sd # Sindhi AddLanguage sg .sg # Sangro AddLanguage sh .sh # Serbo-Croatian AddLanguage si .si # Singhalese AddLanguage sk .sk # Slovak AddLanguage sl .sl # Slovenian AddLanguage sm .sm # Samoan AddLanguage sn .sn # Shona AddLanguage so .so # Somali AddLanguage sq .sq # Albanian AddLanguage sr .sr # Serbian AddLanguage ss .ss # Siswati AddLanguage st .st # Sesotho AddLanguage su .su # Sundanese AddLanguage sv .sv # Swedish AddLanguage sw .sw # Swahili AddLanguage ta .ta # Tamil AddLanguage te .te # Tegulu AddLanguage tg .tg # Tajik AddLanguage th .th # Thai AddLanguage ti .ti # Tigrinya AddLanguage tk .tk # Turkmen AddLanguage tl .tl # Tagalog AddLanguage tn .tn # Setswana AddLanguage to .to # Tonga AddLanguage tr .tr # Turkish AddLanguage ts .ts # Tsonga AddLanguage tt .tt # Tatar AddLanguage tw .tw # Twi AddLanguage ug .ug # Uigur AddLanguage uk .uk # Ukrainian AddLanguage ur .ur # Urdu AddLanguage uz .uz # Uzbek AddLanguage vi .vi # Vietnamese AddLanguage vo .vo # Volapuek AddLanguage wo .wo # Wolof AddLanguage xh .xh # Xhosa AddLanguage yi .yi # Yiddish AddLanguage yo .yo # Yoruba AddLanguage za .za # Zhuang AddLanguage zh .zh # Chinese AddLanguage zu .zu # ZuluSCRIPTING, ACTION, ADDHANDLER
### SCRIPTING, ACTION, ADDHANDLER # Handlers be builtin, included in a module, or added with Action directive # default-handler: default, handles static content (core) # send-as-is: Send file with HTTP headers (mod_asis) # cgi-script: treat file as CGI script (mod_cgi) # imap-file: Parse as an imagemap rule file (mod_imap) # server-info: Get server config info (mod_info) # server-status: Get server status report (mod_status) # type-map: type map file for content negotiation (mod_negotiation) # fastcgi-script: treat file as fastcgi script (mod_fastcgi) #-> https://www.askapache.com/php/custom-phpini-tips-and-tricks/ ## PARSE AS CGI AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .spl ## RUN PHP AS APACHE MODULE AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .htm ## RUN PHP AS CGI AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm ## CGI PHP WRAPPER FOR CUSTOM PHP.INI AddHandler phpini-cgi .php .htm Action phpini-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-custom-ini.cgi ## FAST-CGI SETUP WITH PHP-CGI WRAPPER FOR CUSTOM PHP.INI AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-wrapper.fcgi ## CUSTOM PHP CGI BINARY SETUP AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi ## PROCESS SPECIFIC FILETYPES WITH CGI-SCRIPT Action image/gif /cgi-bin/img-create.cgi ## CREATE CUSTOM HANDLER FOR SPECIFIC FILE EXTENSIONS AddHandler custom-processor .ssp Action custom-processor /cgi-bin/myprocessor.cgiHEADERS, CACHING AND OPTIMIZATION
### HEADERS, CACHING AND OPTIMIZATION # 300 5 M # 2700 45 M # 3600 1 H # 54000 15 H # 86400 1 D # 518400 6 D # 604800 1 W # 1814400 3 W # 2419200 1 M # 26611200 11 M # 29030400 1 Y (never expire) ### HEADER CACHING #-> https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-sites-with-htaccess-caching/ Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000" Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800" Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600" Header unset Cache-Control ## ALTERNATE EXPIRES CACHING ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault A604800 ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000 ExpiresByType text/css A2592000 ExpiresByType text/html A300 ExpiresActive Off ## META HTTP-EQUIV REPLACEMENTS Header set imagetoolbar "no"REWRITES AND REDIRECTS
### REWRITES AND REDIRECTS # REQUEST METHODS: GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,CONNECT,OPTIONS,PATCH,PROPFIND, # PROPPATCH,MKCOL,COPY,MOVE,LOCK,UNLOCK ## REWRITE DEFAULTS RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / ## REQUIRE SUBDOMAIN RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^subdomain\.domain\.tld$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://subdomain.domain.tld/$1 [L,R=301] ## SEO REWRITES RewriteRule ^(.*)/ve/(.*)$ $1/voluntary-employee/$2 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^(.*)/hsa/(.*)$ $1/health-saving-account/$2 [L,R=301] ## WORDPRESS RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Existing File RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # Existing Directory RewriteRule . /index.php [L] ## ALTERNATIVE ANTI-HOTLINKING RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(subdomain\.)?domain\.tld/.*$ [NC] RewriteRule ^.*.(bmp|tif|gif|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png)$ - [F] ## REDIRECT HOTLINKERS RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(subdomain\.)?domain\.tld/.*$ [NC] RewriteRule ^.*\.(bmp|tif|gif|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png)$ http://google.com [R] ## DENY REQUEST BASED ON REQUEST METHOD RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK|OPTIONS|HEAD)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F] ## REDIRECT UPLOADS RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(PUT|POST)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/form-upload-processor.cgi?p=$1 [L,QSA] ## REQUIRE SSL EVEN WHEN MOD_SSL IS NOT LOADED RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC] RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L] ### ALTERNATATIVE TO USING ERRORDOCUMENT RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.*$ /error.php [L] ## SEO REDIRECTS Redirect 301 /2006/oldfile.html http://subdomain.domain.tld/newfile.html RedirectMatch 301 /o/(.*)$ http://subdomain.domain.tld/s/dl/$1AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY
### AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY # Require (user|group|valid-user) (username|groupname) ## BASIC PASSWORD PROTECTION AuthType basic AuthName "prompt" AuthUserFile /.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null Require valid-user ## ALLOW FROM IP OR VALID PASSWORD Require valid-user Allow from 192.168.1.23 Satisfy Any ## PROTECT FILES Order Allow,Deny Deny from all ## PREVENT HOTLINKING SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://subdomain.domain.tld/" good SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^$" good Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from env=good ErrorDocument 403 http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif ErrorDocument 403 /images/you_bad_hotlinker.gif ## LIMIT UPLOAD FILE SIZE TO PROTECT AGAINST DOS ATTACK in bytes, 0-2147483647(2GB) LimitRequestBody 10240000SSL SECURITY
### SSL SECURITY #-> https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ssl-example-usage-in-htaccess/ ## MOST SECURE WAY TO REQUIRE SSL #-> https://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples/ SSLOptions +StrictRequire SSLRequireSSL SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "domain.tld" ErrorDocument 403 https://domain.tldSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
### SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION # Heres some awesome htaccess to use when you are developing a site ## COMBINED DEVELOPER HTACCESS CODE-USE THIS Header set Cache-Control "max-age=5" AuthType basic AuthName "Ooops! Temporarily Under Construction..." AuthUserFile /.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null Require valid-user # password prompt for everyone else Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 192.168.64.5 # Your, the developers IP address Allow from w3.org # css/xhtml check jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Allow from googlebot.com # Allows google to crawl your pages Satisfy Any # no password required if host/ip is Allowed ## DONT HAVE TO EMPTY CACHE OR RELOAD TO SEE CHANGES ExpiresDefault A5 #If using mod_expires Header set Cache-Control "max-age=5" ## ALLOW ACCESS WITH PASSWORD OR NO PASSWORD FOR SPECIFIC IP/HOSTS AuthType basic AuthName "Ooops! Temporarily Under Construction..." AuthUserFile /.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null Require valid-user # password prompt for everyone else Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 192.168.64.5 # Your, the developers IP address Allow from w3.org # css/xhtml check jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Allow from googlebot.com # Allows google to crawl your pages Satisfy Any # no password required if host/ip is AllowedCheck out the trends on Google for AskApache, Htaccess, Mod_Rewrite, and HTTPD.
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