As per @Milo, I’m adding my comment above as an answer… Try going to example.com/blog/wp-admin/options-permalink.php. That should work, because the php file actually exists. If so, try updating your permalink options to a friendly version, like “Day and name”. This will put a new .htaccess in the blog directory — I’m thinking that that new … Read more
This is possible, and it actually should be very easy for you to do. There are lots of ways that you could have this setup, depending on if your server is using cPanel, Plesk, etc. At its most basic, right now, your Apache virtual host points to your main web directory, maybe something like /var/www/, … Read more
The .htaccess catches requests before WordPress is even started. That’s much faster than any plugin. For a handful of redirects I wouldn’t install a plugin. You need that only in cases when the server cannot know the new address, for example if you rename permalinks (slugs) automatically (you shouldn’t ;)).
Ok guys, I did further research. Basically, all I had to do was add “Satisfy Any” argument. So the main .htaccess file looked like the one I posted in my initial thread. Then for the specific folder, I created a new .htaccess file (/folder/.htaccess). Then added this: <Files wp-login.php> Satisfy Any </Files> Much thanks to … Read more
Comment out the following by adding hash tags before it #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/ #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*images(.*) and see if that helps.
You ask: How does that work ? As far as I can read it, it only specifies not to rewrite certain urls (using -), These files are included within the WordPress PHP scripts, so there’s no need to access them in the browser, but notice the rewrite flags. Here’s some information on the F, L … Read more
When a URL is processed by WordPress, its index.php script is loaded with the path to the requested page. Because in this case the index.php script is always found, a normal 404 error will never trigger (via ErrorDocument 404 …). If the requested URL does not match a page that WP knows about, WP will … Read more
Put this in your .htaccess file after your password protection on the entire site: <Files “page.php”> Allow from all Satisfy any
How do we add a second IP address that is allowed to see the site in development? We can just append just second REMOTE_ADDR like this since the default flag is [AND] # BEGIN Maintenance <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^11\.111\.111\.11$ #First Address RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^123\.45\.67\.89$ #Second Address RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/maintenance\.html$ RewriteRule … Read more
IP address validation during authentication – for a selected user only Here’s a way to hook into the authenticate filter and validate the IP address for a given user during authentication. The user can see the invalid IP address error like shown here: /** * Validate IP Address During Authentication – For A Given User … Read more