Best HTACCESS File for Wordpress Website

HTACCESS is one of the most important files of a website. If its coded correctly then it can improve the load time of your website to the best possible limit. But if its coded incorrectly then you will keep messing with other PHP and HTML code, and your website speed will not improve. Once you have coded HTACCESS correctly you will also make it better according to SEO point of view.

Best HTACCESS for Wordpress Website

However this is a blogger blog but i am providing tips for a wordpress website. just because this thing will help a number of people struggling with their Wordpress website. If you are aware of HTACCESS file then you must know its importance as well.
Below we will provide some coding for HTACCESS and also explain its use.

1) Add Expires : It will add a expiry tag to each type of file that the website loads while loading it in the browser of a user. If the same user access the same website again or go through the other pages of your website then the same content like images, logo, scripts, style sheets will not load again if expiry tags are added to it. Thus it improves the loading time of a website.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 5 minute"
</IfModule>

2)  Pagespeed Module for Apache Server Based Sites

<IfModule pagespeed_module>
    ModPagespeed on
    # using commands,filters etc
</IfModule>

3) ETag : Entity Tag tells if the content available in browser is same as file on the server. Thus it saves loading time of same content again. So it should be handled properly.

Header unset ETag
FileETag None

4) DEFLATE : If you know the zip files then you will understand it. Using DEFLATE make your website server send the zip version of files from server to browser which reduces the loading time a lot.

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Insert filters
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-fastphp
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml

# Drop problematic browsers
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary

<FilesMatch ".(js|css|html|htm|php|xml)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

5) Multiple Connections: This will help your website in creating multiple connection with browser at the same time. Thus your wordpress website will improve.

<ifModule mod_headers.c>
 Header set Connection keep-alive
 <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|xml|gz)$">
    Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
 </FilesMatch>
</ifModule>

Note: Before implementing these codes in your wordpress website HTACCESS code, make you that you have taken backup of your original HTACCESS. It will help you if anything goes wrong. I will suggest you to implement these changes one by one. Don't add all of the above codes at onces. Instead apply them one by one and also keep checking if your website is working or not. If anything goes wrong then revert the changes and add the next code.

Usually i use GTMETRIX to check performance of my websites. You can also use it as its a free tool. Check you website rating using it before applying the changes and then after applying the changes.

You are most welcome to add your comments about HTACCESS. Any suggestions are most welcome.

Slim Browser

Slim is a free web browser and it's released with freeware license. It is very powerful browser. It is a Multi tabbed browser. This application is developing day by day. It is a fast browser. Slim browser is being popular day by day for its advance advantages and attractive feature. By this Browser an user can block many unwanted site easily. It is a multi-site browser what is based on tab -pages. Anyone can create password by this application. when any site is killed by windows then we can easily recovered by this browser. By Slim browser we can block any adult or harmful site by single click. This browser gives us many uncommon advantage, such as ; we can read news and any PDF file by this browser without any PDF reader. This browser is inserted by quick search bar. By this bar we can easily search anything. Slim browser has a screenshot option So, we can take many screenshot without any additional screenshot software.

It has auto zooming and auto log in system so, we easily can auto login and zoom any website by one click. This browser has own download manager, which is very helpful to download any file from current page. This browser loading time is very short. It is capable to load a short URL instead of long URL. Slim browser is one of the latest browser for modern time for modern users. We can display many advertise by this browser and it has many attractive feature for users. We can easily download and install this Slimbrowser software. Slim browser is added many modern feature which is more attractive for young generation. By this browser we can built and fully control on internet browsing easily. It is a 100 % free and portable browser for all PC and mobile phone user. Slim browser's start-up and video streaming capacity is very high. by this browser we can upload 10x photo rapidly. It is a very secure and protective browser in the browser world. It's offer many kind of function and option for us So that, we work by this browser easily. When we browse in this browser, we can use this useful function by some simple click. Slimbrowser has a hard pup up blocked service. this browser has spell checker option so, users can check spell by one click. Besides, Slim browser has different skin So, we can easily change its skin display with our wish.  This application is for both individual and commercial use. Above all , we can say it is a free, powerful and attractive featured browser for all. So, we can download and use this browser without doubt.

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Do you really need this backlink?

There is a very simple rule to decide, whether you really need a backlink from the given page, whether the site is worthy enough, so you will not need in the future to disavow it - and Google uses the same rule for sure.

The rule is: do you expect ANY traffic this backlink will generate? The real link value isn't a page's Page Rank, but a generated keyword-targeted traffic! If you see any site, you can decide with your common sense and without any analytic tool, whether you will get barely one single visitor from it. If common sense isn't enough, make use of free analytic tools like MajesticSEO, Open Site Explorer or the like to estimate the traffic. Try to estimate traffic not for the the main page, but for the page wherefrom you plan to get a backlink. And if not - you don't need such backlink. This rule is applicable to pages (not sites) without PR or with PR 0-1. You can assume, that pages with a hiegher PR do generate any traffic.

How to Create Magazine Style with Post Summaries and Thumbnails on Blogger

The magazine or newspaper style templates are those that display the posts summaries in the homepage by stacking the columns on top of each other. These kinds of templates are very popular nowadays, and whether it is a news or technology blog, everyone needs a fresh magazine style layout for their blogs.

There are several ways to make posts appear this way. An option would be to use the Read more script to display a summary of the posts and add a conditional tag to add a different style on the first post so that it will have a larger width than the older posts. So, this tutorial will show you how to create a magazine style for a Blogger Template. By following this tutorial, you can make your boring and simple Blogger template have an attractive magazine style layout.

To see how it looks, please visit this demo blog.

Adding the Magazine/Newspaper style to a Blogger Template

Step 1. Before proceeding further, please make a backup of your current template to make sure that you won't lose anything important - log into your Blogger Dashboard and go to Template, then click on the Backup/Restore button. After you've got a copy of the xml template, click on the Edit HTML button:

Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and search by using CTRL + F keys for this line:

<data:post.body/>

Note: You'll find it more than one time, but stop at the second one in order to see the changes.

Step 3. Remove that line and instead of it add this code:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
 <span class='post-comment-link'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'><b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'><a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<div expr:id='&quot;summary&quot; + data:post.id'><data:post.body/></div>
  <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb(&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;);</script>
<span class='readmorebutton' style='float:right'><a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More &#187;</a></span></b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;'><data:post.body/></b:if>

Note: you can replace the Read More text, by changing the code in red.

Step 4. Now find (CTRL + F) this line:

<b:include data='post' name='post'/>

Step 5. Remove this as well and instead of it add this:

<b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.homepageUrl == data:blog.url'>
<div id='first'>
<b:if cond='data:post.title'>
<h3 class='post-title entry-title'>
<b:if cond='data:post.link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:post.title/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</h3>
</b:if>
<div class='first-body'>

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
<div expr:id='&quot;summary1&quot; + data:post.id'><data:post.body/></div>
  <script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb1(&quot;summary1<data:post.id/>&quot;);</script>
<span class='post-comment-link'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'><b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'><a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<span class='readmorebutton' style='float:right'><a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More &#187;</a></span>
</b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;'><data:post.body/></b:if>

</div>
</div>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:if>

Note: you can change the Read More text here also, just replace the code in red with the text that you want to show.

Step 6. Find the </head> tag and paste the following script before/above it:

 <script type='text/javascript'>
posts_no_thumb_sum = 290;
posts_thumb_sum = 240;
img_thumb_height = 80;
img_thumb_width = 80;
first_no_thumb_sum = 580;
first_thumb_sum = 450;
img_thumb_height1 = 145;
img_thumb_width1 = 165;
</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
function removeHtmlTag(strx,chop){
if(strx.indexOf("<")!=-1)
{
var s = strx.split("<");
for(var i=0;i<s.length;i++){
if(s[i].indexOf(">")!=-1){
s[i] = s[i].substring(s[i].indexOf(">")+1,s[i].length);
}
}
strx = s.join("");
}
chop = (chop < strx.length-1) ? chop : strx.length-2;
while(strx.charAt(chop-1)!=' ' && strx.indexOf(' ',chop)!=-1) chop++;
strx = strx.substring(0,chop-1);
return strx+'...';
}

function createSummaryAndThumb(pID){
var div = document.getElementById(pID);
var imgtag = "";
var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");
var summ = posts_no_thumb_sum;
if(img.length>=1) {
imgtag = '<span class="posts-thumb" style="float:left;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height+'px"/></span>';
summ = posts_thumb_sum;
}

  var summary = imgtag + '<div class="summary">' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';
div.innerHTML = summary;
}

function createSummaryAndThumb1(pID){
var div = document.getElementById(pID);
var imgtag = "";
var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");
var summ = first_no_thumb_sum;
if(img.length>=1) {
imgtag = '<span class="first-post-thumb" style="float:left;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width1+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height1+'px"/></span>';
summ = first_thumb_sum;
}

var summary1 = imgtag + '<div class="summary">' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';
div.innerHTML = summary1;
}

//]]>
</script>

Step 7. And below the script above add the CSS styles:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
<style type='text/css'>
.first-post-thumb {
    margin-right: 10px;
}

.summary {
    height: 100%;
}

#first { /* Styles for the First Post Container */
    width: auto;
    height: 250px;
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    background-color: #F4F4F4; /* background color for the first post */
    border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; /* border for the first post */}

.first-body { /* Style for the First Post summary */
    color: #545454;
    font-size: 13px;
    text-align: justify;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}

#first h3 a, #first h3 a:visited { /* Style for the First Post Title*/
    border-bottom: 2px solid #DFDFDF;
    color: #515151;
    font-size: 20px;
    display: block;
    margin: 10px auto;
    width: 95%;
    font-size: 20px;
    padding: 0px 0px 4px 0px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: left;
    line-height: 1.4em;
    background: none;
}

#first h3 a:hover { /* Color on mouseover for the First Post Title */
    color: #1061A1;
}

.post { /* Styles for the small posts container */
    float: left;
    margin: 0px 6px 2% 5px;
    width: 46%;
    height: 230px;
    padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
    background: #FCFCFC; /* background color for the small posts */
    border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; /* border for the small posts */
    overflow: hidden;
}

.posts-thumb { /* Style for the small posts thumbnails */
    margin-right: 10px;
}

.post-body img, .post-body .tr-caption-container, .Profile img, .Image img, .BlogList .item-thumbnail img {
    background: none;
    border: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    padding: 0;
}


h3.post-title a{ /* Style for the small posts titles */
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #747474;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

h2.date-header { /* Hide the post date */
    display: none;
}

.post-footer {
    display: none;
}

h3.post-title {
    margin: 0px;
}

.readmorebutton {
    margin-top: 5px;
}

.readmorebutton a { /* Styles for the Read More link */
    color: #767676;
    border: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
    background: #EAEAEA; /* Background color for the Read More link */
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 3px 5px;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 11px;
    float: right;
    position: relative;
}

.post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of posts below */
    position: absolute;
    top: -35px;
    right: -10px;
    display: block;
    border: 1px solid #E1E1E1; /* border for the comment bubble */
    background: #EAEAEA; /* background color for the comment bubble */
    font-size: 11px;
    position: absolute;
}

#first .post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of first post */
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px;
    right: 0px;
}

.post-comment-link a { /* Link color for the comments bubble*/
    padding: 10px;
    color: #6A6A6A;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
}

#blog-pager {
    clear: both;
}
</style>
</b:if>
</b:if>

Customizing the Magazine Layout

1. At the beginning of the script from step 6, we have this section:

posts_no_thumb_sum = 290;
posts_thumb_sum = 240;
img_thumb_height = 80;
img_thumb_width = 80;
first_no_thumb_sum = 580;
first_thumb_sum = 450;
img_thumb_height1 = 145;
img_thumb_width1 = 165;

• the first number is the number of characters for the small posts when there will be no image available
• the 2nd number is the number of characters that will show when the small posts will have an image
• the 3rd and the 4th line is for the height and width of the small posts thumbnails (images).
• the same goes for what is in blue, but this affects only the first post. Since the first post is wider, it may contain a larger number of characters and we'll be able to make the thumbnail size larger.

2. And finally, we have the CSS styles. That last thing we added is a code that determines how the posts are going to look on the homepage - and archive pages as well, except for the first post.

To change the width and height, respectively the size for the first post container, look for these lines:

width: auto;
height: 250px;

Underneath the first post are the values for the other posts, just look for this part:

width: 46%;
height: 230px;

The width will ocuppy 46% of the main column width and height is set to 230px. Here you may need to experiment a bit with the sizes in order to make them appear correctly.

Finally, set the number of posts to show on the homepage, so that there won't be any empty space. Go to Settings > Posts and comments > Show at most and select the number of posts that you want to appear.

Happy new year & Congrats to the LGA January 2014 winner!

Hello 2014 and happy new year to everyone!

One of the new things for this year will be the regular Linux Game Awards done by various Linux and FOSS gaming site (and which has been spearheaded by the great LGDB).

And the first winner is:



The votes have been quite clear, but our friends from SuperTuxKart got a very respectable 2nd place:

You can expect some further promotional news coming up this month for 0 A.D. so stay tuned :)