.htaccess tutorial

htaccess Tutorial - Harness the Power of .htaccess

Advanced webmastering takes some know how but the efforts are well worth it. Using Apache modules will allow you to expand your basic server configuration and allow you to add truly impressive capabilities to your webserver. However, because many of these techniques are so powerful, they also tend to be complicated. We've written some brief tutorials that should help you master these advanced techniques.

Using .htaccess to protect a file
Using .htaccess to password protect a directory
Using .htaccess to set your DirectoryIndex
Using .htaccess to Display a Custom 404 page

Some Basic Points for you to Remember:

.htaccess files in the root directory will affect the whole website
.htaccess files in sub-directories affect the sub-directory only