May 2010

Use .htaccess to allow access only from a single HTTP referrer

Sometimes you want the user to access something (a web page or a downloadable file) only by clicking a link on your own website instead of being able to directly access it by typing in the URL address in the browser address bar. This is achievable by a few lines in .htaccess. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond …

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The Ultimate Way to Cloak and Hide any Website Address or URL (Stealth Forwarding)

Most of the existing URL cloaking services are only a redirection by a randomly generated short URL. The real URL of the target website or web page will eventually be revealed when the visitor arrives at it after the obscure redirection. So how to ACTUALLY hide and cloak the destination URL of any website or …

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Create Contact and Survey Forms with FormKid.com the Free Online Form Builder

I just finished creating yet another web application that may be useful to fellow webmasters, FormKid.com. It helps you create professional online web forms for your website. Check out what I created just now, a contact form for Kavoir.com. You can contact me by filling out and submitting the form from now on! Currently you …

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How to convert .png, .gif, .bmp or .jpg images to .ico icons to make favicon.ico for your website?

Over a year ago I created this online web application Convert Hub by the help of the splendid open source image manipulation library Netpbm. Give it a try, upload an image and convert it to another format. But not just that, it’s also capable of resizing an image, rotating or flipping it. I love it. …

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Simplest PHP Hit Counter or Download Counter – Count the Number of Times of Access (Page Views or File Downloads)

Here’s how you can create yourself the simplest PHP hit counter that records the number of times any resource on your website that has been accessed (visited or downloaded). It can be either a web page or a downloadable file package. The hits number will be stored in a plain text file named count.txt. Hit …

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Turn off and disable magic_quotes_gpc in .htaccess

It’s not only insecure but it inconveniently commands the use of PHP function stripslashes() every time you pull something from the database or when you get something from the client side. While most of the hosts out there are using factory settings of PHP that turn off magic_quotes_gpc by default, there are a few that …

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WinkCart.com, the simple PayPal online store creator

I just created a simple PayPal store creator, WinkCart.com. It enables you to sell digital stuff online and collects payments via PayPal. By the help of IPN, it can be accepting orders 24 / 7 and automatically delivering the goods after confirming the customer payment. Completely autopilot. The original idea was to enable uploading and …

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