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Easiest Way To Find My Public IP Address

by Posted in General
 

Ever just wonder about or need your public IP address, but your were not sure how and where to find it?

Enter Google Search

To find your public IP address follow these simple steps:

  1. Visit Google Search at www.google.com
  2. Search for the phrase “my ip”

That’s It!

Your public IP address will be display in bold type above the search results (beginning with the phrase “Your public IP address is“). This is just one of the many hidden uses of the Google Search box.

I must concede that there are a number of ways, outside of Google Search, to find your public IP address. I just thought the familiarity with Google might make this the easier for someone.

Use .htaccess to redirect non www to www

by Posted in Code
 

htaccess redirectIt’s is considered good practice, for both SEO and users, to have your website resolve to one URL. Technically speaking www.domain.com is a subdomain of domain.com. Users often type www. prior to the domain in the address bar. So to keep that formality consistent with your users you can redirect the traffic on domain.com to www.domain.com.

.htaccess

If your website is hosted on an apache server, this redirect from non www to www is a simple implementation. Add this to your .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Add the above code to you .htaccess file and replace domain.com with your domain name.

I have another post on how to redirect www to non-www with .htaccess.

How to comment in a .htaccess file

by Posted in Code
 

comment htaccess fileThe .htaccess file is commonly used to redirect traffic and search engines to pages that have been moved or when an entire site moves to a new domain. Developers will commonly include comments in code to instruct what the next snippet of code will do. This commenting standard helps for projects that are managed by a team or may be transitioned to another developer.

Commenting in the .htaccess file is done by adding a # at the beginning of the line(s) that you would like to comment. The # is required before each line of comment. Essential this instructs the server to ignore that line in the .htaccess file.

Example:

# redirect section
RewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain-one\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain-one\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain-two.com/$1 [L,R=301] 
# end redirect section 
# another comment line