htaccess
mod_rewrite
Allow password protected directories without WordPress 404
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(failed_auth\.html).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule . - [L]
Do a 301 redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /tascam688
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /tascam688/(.*)
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.lonesomecosmonaut.com/2009/tascam-688/ [R=301,L]
Deny hotlinking of images
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?lonesomecosmonaut.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .(gif|jpg|bmp)$ - [F]
mod_alias
Put website down for maintenance
RedirectMatch 302 ^/ /outoforder.html
Add audio handling (HTML 5)
AddType audio/ogg oga ogg AddType audio/mp3 mp3
Run Python cgi scripts
(note - scripts should be 755)
Options +ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script .py
Do not allow access to .htaccess file
<Files .htaccess> order allow,deny deny from all </Files>
Prevent directory indexing
Options -Indexes
Adding user authentication
<Limit GET PUT POST> AuthName "Please enter credentials" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /path/personal-htpasswd Require valid-user </Limit>
To create an htpasswd file
htpasswd -c .htpasswd username