How to redirect using HTML tags

Use the following HTML codes to redirect a webpage. Paste this on the top section after meta description.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.google.com">

Content = 0 means the page will redirect immediately to google after the page gets loaded.

if you set this as 5 the webserver will wait 5 sec and then it will redirect the page to google.

How to redirect using .htaccess

If you want users to be redirected to another page if they browse a specific URL, Create a .htaccess file in the root folder and add the following lines...


Redirect /book/tiger.html http://google.com/


If the user tried to access the file /book/tiger.html they will be redirected to google.com

How to protect your web directory using htaccess

First create a .htaccess file inside the directory to protect and add the following codes

AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/user/projects/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user

Create a file with the name .htpasswd in /home/user/projects/ directory and add the following lines

anish:uFWLc7lvvKExE

This is the username and password (encrypted) to access the protected directory.

To encrypt the password use the following php code:
<?php

// Password to be encrypted for a .htpasswd file
$clearTextPassword = 'admin123';

// Encrypt password
$password = crypt($clearTextPassword, base64_encode($clearTextPassword));

// Print encrypted password
echo $password;
?>

Secure and non secure URL for google analytics

Following are the secure and non secure URLs for google analytics

Non Secure:
http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js

Secure:
https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js

Changing and adding file extensions recognized by Dreamweaver

if your dreamweaver is not recognizing a file...or color is not applied to the code use the instructions on the following link to rectify the problem.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/164/tn_16410.html

How to switch CSS for IE browser

In case if you want to apply separate style for IE browser use the following method...

<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css"> .content{ background: red;}</style>
<![endif]-->