Tag: htaccess

Building modern websites with Vue or React has become the standard practice in web development. However, when you try to deploy a Single Page Application (SPA) to a regular shared hosting environment, you may encounter a common issue — only the home page loads correctly, while all internal routes (pages) return a 404 error. This happens because the hosting server doesn’t understand client-side rou...

Securing a website or a specific directory with a password is a simple yet effective way to restrict access. This can be done using .htaccess and .htpasswd files in Apache. The .htaccess file controls access, while the .htpasswd file stores the usernames and hashed passwords. Video Instruction The video instructions show a slightly different setup option. Creating the .htpasswd File The ...

A redirect is to redirect site visitors from one URL to another. 301 status indicates that the redirect is permanent. Removing www from the site address is necessary primarily for SEO. Since sites with www and without for search engines are different sites with the same content. For Apache server, you need to make an entry in the .htaccess file. [bash] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.co...