Here are some specific examples to use in your .htaccess file. This can help you to improvise your website functioning, and also helps to boost speed
#1 - Redirect Everyone Except IP address to an alternate page
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.yahoo.com/ Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from [Your IP Address - i.e 255.255.255.255]
#2 - When developing sites
This lets google crawl the page, lets me access without a password, and lets my client access the page WITH a password. It also allows for XHTML and CSS validation! (w3.org)
AuthName "Under Development" AuthUserFile /web/sitename.com/.htpasswd AuthType basic Require valid-user Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from [Your IP Address - i.e 255.255.255.255] w3.org htmlhelp.com googlebot.com Satisfy Any
#3- Fix double-login prompt
Redirect non-https requests to https server and ensure that .htpasswd authorization can only be entered across HTTPS
SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "yourdomain.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://yourdomain.com
#4 - Set Timezone of the Server (GMT)
SetEnv TZ Asia/Kolkata
#5 - Administrator Email for ErrorDocument
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@yourdomain.com
#6 - ServerSignature for ErrorDocument
ServerSignature off | on | email
#7 - Charset and Language headers
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 DefaultLanguage en-US
#8 - Disallow Script Execution
Options -ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script .php .pl .py .jsp .asp .htm .shtml .sh .cgi
#9 - Deny Request Methods
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|POST|PUT)
RewriteRule .? - [F]
#10 - Force "File Save As" Prompt
AddType application/octet-stream .avi .mpg .mov .pdf .xls .mp4
That's it for now, We will cover more snippets for .htaccess file in further parts. You can write to us in the comment section below if you have any query. We will certainly like to help you.