In an effort to set up SSL validation for this domain, I decided to use the Hash Validation technique. Needless to say, it’s never as straight-forwards as you want. Apache doesn’t like to serve the .well-known directory as it gives a “permission denied” error. A simple and easy fix is to alias it in the…
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Fixing Google’s messy index causing 404s due to a “?” in my urls.
As of late, I noticed a problem that just appeared and it wouldn’t go away. It just started showing up and causing tons of 404s on my site. Now that’s not good. The problem was simply the following: I would have a link on my site. Let’s say the real URL is: http://swimminginthought.com/estore For some…
Rewriting URLs using Apache and WordPress – Natural Partners
This post discusses how using .htaccess on Apache will actually help you avoid many 404s and also support multiple permalink structures in the process. .htaccess is very finicky and that in there lies the problem, but with this article, you should be able to solve a few problems (and even do some extreme customization). My…
Who Said you needed IIS to Stream Windows Media on Apache [Solved]
So you’ve got tons of windows media files and you need to stream them. The only problem is IIS has tons of overhead and the update headaches of Patches is getting old. So… here’s a quick and easy solution. Once again, I’m going to assume you’re running Centos or Redhat. This applies to any Apache…
Streaming MP4 Video From Your Webserver [Solved]
If you’re lucky enough to be running Apache (a good portion of the internet does), you can stream your own videos direct from your website. This involves the addition of a small module called Mod-H264. Here’s how to do it. You will need root access to do this and I am assuming you’re running Centos,…
WordPress older posts or newer posts link not working [Solved]
So you’ve installed WordPress and all of a sudden, when you clicked on older posts, it doesn’t work. This seems to be a problem that plagues many people and the situation hasn’t been solved. The reality is it’s a misconfiguration in your apache vhost (if you’re using a vhost) or just the apache configuration. So,…