Articles on How to do things when Designing Websites

Useful Articles for designing and coding Websites

Here are some Useful Articles for designing and coding Websites in any Language.

Practical techniques for Apache, .htaccess and PHP, covering security, error handling and spam.

• Protect directories with XAMPP / Apache
  Password-protect directories on XAMPP / Apache using .htaccess on Windows.
• How to Stop Spam on your Contact Form
  Techniques to stop contact form spam that work whatever language the site is written in.
• How to Have Custom Error Pages on XAMPP / Apache
  Set up custom error pages on XAMPP / Apache for Windows and Linux using .htaccess.
• How to Generate HTTP Errors with htaccess
  Return 410 Gone, 403 Forbidden and other status codes from .htaccess, and when each one is the right choice for SEO.
• How to Hide Download Links with PHP
  Protect downloadable files from hotlinking by hiding direct links with PHP, cookies and .htaccess.
• How to Protect a PHP Library Folder
  Stop visitors listing or opening PHP include files, using .htaccess, folder permissions or a library outside the web root.
• How to Keep Pages Out of Search Engines
  Hide thank-you, download and admin pages from Google and Bing with noindex, X-Robots-Tag and the right use of robots.txt.

Articles for designing and coding Websites in any Language