Comments on: I Can See Your Wordpress Butt http://blog.techfun.org/2009/05/i-can-see-your-wordpress-butt/ Linux, Politics, Whatever... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:44:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JD Thomas http://blog.techfun.org/2009/05/i-can-see-your-wordpress-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 JD Thomas Tue, 12 May 2009 02:17:45 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/?p=1807#comment-2748 Glad you liked it. Heather: You can use them all up and down your directory structure but they are cumulative so if you put one under another, BOTH will apply. In the example there at the /wp-content/ level, you could ALLOW browsing of your uploads folder by putting an .htaccess file with: <code>Options +Indexes</code> in the /wp-content/uploads/ folder and still protect your themes and plugins folders while allowing uploads to be browsable. Glad you liked it.

Heather: You can use them all up and down your directory structure but they are cumulative so if you put one under another, BOTH will apply.

In the example there at the /wp-content/ level, you could ALLOW browsing of your uploads folder by putting an .htaccess file with:

Options +Indexes

in the /wp-content/uploads/ folder and still protect your themes and plugins folders while allowing uploads to be browsable.

]]> By: Heather http://blog.techfun.org/2009/05/i-can-see-your-wordpress-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Heather Mon, 11 May 2009 22:30:03 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/?p=1807#comment-2746 Excellent tutorial, JD! There you go again, giving away help for free. :-) I've always been mystified by and a little bit afraid of the .htaccess voodoo. I was sure I'd mess something up if I tried anything. Didn't know I could put one in a subdirectory. Good job! <abbr><em>Heathers last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GeekMomMashup/~3/tVbIu1_sAeY/" rel="nofollow">Send your favorite MOM a personalized video award!</a></em></abbr> Excellent tutorial, JD! There you go again, giving away help for free. :-)

I’ve always been mystified by and a little bit afraid of the .htaccess voodoo. I was sure I’d mess something up if I tried anything. Didn’t know I could put one in a subdirectory. Good job!

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]]> By: Astrid Lydia Johannsen http://blog.techfun.org/2009/05/i-can-see-your-wordpress-butt/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 Astrid Lydia Johannsen Mon, 11 May 2009 21:55:19 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/?p=1807#comment-2745 Thanks for posting this. I've wondered about how I could secure my wp-content folder a little better. Carpe Diem, ellejohara Thanks for posting this. I’ve wondered about how I could secure my wp-content folder a little better.

Carpe Diem,
ellejohara

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