Comments on: Web technical advice wanted

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:40:27 +0000

I’ve done it. Seems to work

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:32:34 +0000

Can’t use mod_rewrite. The old URLs were based on MT’s message IDs, which got lost in the translation, so it’s impossible to generate them on the fly without referring back to the MT database. My URL structure was one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time, but came back to bite me (as these things do)

By: Karen in Wichita

Karen in Wichita — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:06:22 +0000

I’ve got a 500-line one on one of my sites (chiefly denial to bad bots and the odd comment spammer). You’re more likely to run into performance issues if you have multi-level htaccess stuff enabled, but even then, it generally isn’t an issue until you get slashdotted.

Now, if it’s better suited to mod_rewrite, you might look at that.

By: Chadders

Chadders — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:56:39 +0000

Tim,

I wouldn’t be too worried about a .htaccess file with 1500 lines in it, that’s not a big .htaccess file in the slightest, unless your web server is a VIC-20 or ZX81. I’ve seen busy servers with 30Kb .htaccess files, with no appreciable drop in performance, but it does all depend on the meatiness of your web server, popularity of your site etc.