Comments on: Denying Access to Comment Spammers (and others) Using htaccess and 403 Pages

By: BlogCrafted

BlogCrafted — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:02:21 +0000

Hi Ron, sent you an e-mail about this too. First, I don’t have two .htaccess files, but I’d suggest trying to plain .htaccess file first.

If you want to be super-sure, find a friend and have them comment on your site. Then block their IP or even general IP (using the *) in the .htaccess file. If they can still get in and comment, add it to the other as well.

I put the code right after #END WordPress.

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:36:54 +0000

I have two files:

.htaccess and
.htaccess.HandlerBak

Which one should I use? And where in this line should I place the new text?

# Use PHP5 as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Thanks!!!

By: fathersez

fathersez — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:24:07 +0000

Hi, Ms. C,

This is really great. Looks simple enough even for a tech bozo like me to understand.

I, too, have a Tom like character. I have been appealing to him to leave me alone, but it is clear that he is deaf and dumb.

So your advice is my next option. Let me try.

Thanks, Ma’am.