Robot Control Pro - Official User Guide - FAQ



RCP 4.0 Users Questions Menu

RCP .htaccess File     List of Categories


Page 1 Page 2




  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (6)

    Section (6) This section of your RCP .htaccess contains required coding by RCP for the RCP trap files system. None of the coding lines may be changed or modified unless the path to your RCP script is different then standard provided.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (7)

    B> Section (7) This section of your RCP .htaccess contains powerful coding to stop bandwidth abuse and avoid high bills. Its the Anti Hot Link code. If you wish to use the bandwidth protector then remove the #-# in front of these coding lines. The second line contains a path to a folder. This is the path to a folder on your server where it is allowed to Hotlink banners etc. Think of top lists, ranking traffic trade systems. Change the path to a folder you wish to allow the images in this folder to be hotlinked. Files from any other folders on your site will not be allowed to be hotlinked. Change YourSite.com to your own domain name and YourSecondSite.com to any other site you own or wish to allow to hotlink all images from the server. If you only have one domain then keep the #-# in front of the line that contains the YourSecondSite.com. You may also add other files types separated by a pipe | that are not allowed to be hot linked. This code will deny hotlinking of all files on your server of the file types listed in the last line. Any files in the folder from the second line are allowed to be hotlinked sash as your banners etc.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (8)

    Section (8) This section of your RCP .htaccess contains a "anti scripts hot link" code to protect other scripts installed on your website/server. It will prevent other sites from abusing any cgi/php/asp script. In order to use this code remove the #-# in front of the code lines and replace YourSite.com with your own domain name.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (9)

    Section (9) This section of your RCP .htaccess contains coding lines that are on some webserves required to run cgi scripts or to run scripts outside your cgi folder and sometimes required for the use of .htaccess files. These lines are standard turned off with #-#. THis becasue 90% of all webservers do not reqauire these lines.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (10)

    Section (10) This section of your RCP .htaccess is standard turned off and can be turned on by removing the #-# in front of each coding line. This coding will allow you to pick up old files 404 error requests and forward the user to a new file on your server or even to a different domain. Lets say a website or search engine is still sending traffic to a file on your server that no longer exist like: http://yourdoamina.com/oldpics.html. To avoid that each user gets a 404 error you can auto send them to your index.html or any other file you wish. See descriptions in the RCP .htaccess file.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (11)

    Section (11) This section of your RCP .htaccess is standard turned off and can be turned on by removing the #-# in front of each coding line. This coding will allow you to block bad referers. Lets say you do not want that a certain website is linking to your page. Like password trading sites. Some hackers site or any site you do not wish to link to your site. Add the domain name and any one clicking a link from the blocked site will get a 301 error instead of access to your site.

    Top


  • Explain the use of of the RCP .htaccess file section (12)

    Section (12) This section of your RCP .htaccess allows you to add your own .htaccess coding It‚s smart to place nay of your own code here to avoid messing up any of the required RCP coding. Also before you add any of your own code make sure the code is not already listed in any of the RCP code. It has no use to double list certain code unless used in two different ways.

    If you have any question related to the .htaccess file or used code feel free to contact RCP support for advise.

    Top


Page 1 Page 2


..



Robot Control Pro - Copyright Webcomposing.com © 1997-2003 - All rights reserved.
Robot Control is a trademark of Webcomposing.com Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries.