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• This blog is moving... me too!

  This blog is moving to http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/ Read More... Posted 12 August 2005 17:30 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft, Industry News, Cool Stuff/Geeky, Tips and tricks, SharePoint, ISA Server, Windows Platform, Macintosh, ISP, SQL Server, Networking, IIS, Office Products, Open Source/Low Cost Software, Security, Exchange and Outlook/Outlook Express, Mobility, Systems Management, Virtualisation, Messaging, *nix, Integration, Web Browsers, Apache, Web Development, Inane Waffle

• Redirecting clients when websites change

  Whilst looking at the website statistics for my main website , I realised that many users were attempting to access pages that no longer exist on the server. Some may argue that old content should be left in place, but others will disagree and my preferred Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: IIS, Apache

• Implementing custom error pages for a website

  One of the features used in my main and family websites is custom error pages, which allow errors to be handled using a format that matches other documents on the site. Apache users can configure custom error messages using .htaccess . Once pages have Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: IIS, Apache

• Preventing listing the contents of a directory on an Apache web server

  When no default document is found on a web server, depending on the server configuration, users may be able to list the files in a given directory. For Apache servers, this may be prevented on a per-directory basis by adding add an IndexIgnore directive Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Apache

• Using server side includes in web pages

  One of the features used in my main and family websites is server side includes (SSI). The SSI code allows my sites to include dynamic information which would otherwise require scripting that may not function correctly with certain browsers. SSI is pretty Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 3 Comments Filed under: IIS, Apache, Web Development

• Denying access to certain files on an Apache web server

  Under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to deny users access to various files on a web server. For example, some directives in an Apache .htaccess file may be considered a security risk and so access to the file may be prevented using the following Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Apache

• Changing the default documents for a website

  My ISPs' Apache servers are configured for index.html and index.htm to be the default documents; however since implementing server side includes in my main and family websites I need index.shtml to be recognised. Fortunately, this can be achieved using Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: IIS, Apache, Web Development

• Using .htaccess to improve the user experience for a website running on an Apache server

  A few weeks back, I updated my main and family websites (which run on my ISPs' Apache servers) to use various features which improve the experience for users of the site. These features include: Server side includes (SSI) . Changing the default web page Read More... Posted 08 December 2004 17:03 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: IIS, Apache