A new WordPress blog uses an unoptimized url structure that uses numbers instead of the actual article titles. The so called permalinks need to be changed to switch from the number system to a system that is better readable for visitors and favored by the search engines. It is for instance possible to use urls [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

I apologize if this topic drifts a bit away from the usual ones you find here at ghacks but I thought it would be extremely useful for everyone who has a server or webspace that supports htaccess and htpasswd. Htaccess files can do much more than just secure a directory on your server or website but I want to concentrate on this topic because it is something that I have been using on some of my websites for a very long time to increase security.

Categories: Security, The Web