Archive for October, 2007

Better URL for images with mod_rewrite

Posted October 16, 2007 * Comments(0)

Apache is a popular server platform which among other things includes an URL rewriting function called mod_rewrite. This function is usually used to rewrite URL:s for documents in order to make them more SEO-friendly.

mod_rewrite is applicable for images

Actually its pretty obvious that mod_rewrite works for images as well. Among other things, this technique is used for protection against hotlinking (preventing images being shown on external domains). So, why not use mod_rewrite for better looking URL?

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