.htaccess files

Please put .htaccess file in your home directory Var/www/html. .htaccess files is very useful. Following is four examples:( put the lines into your .htaccess file )

1. File not found:
   
   Options +FollowSymlinks
   ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yourdomain.com/error.html



2. Prevent other webmaster steal your traffic
   
   Options +FollowSymlinks
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://yourdomain.com/.*$ [NC]
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.yourdomain.com/.*$ [NC]
   RewriteRule .*\.(gif|GIF|jpg|JPG)$ [F,L]
   

Attention: .htaccess is very complicated and its application is beyond the support scope. But most common errors are the path of your .htpasswd. It should be your full path.