Category: Web

Free, self-hosted content management system built for publishing photography and portfolio sites.

Koken
Koken

Check out http://www.koken.me/ for a great free self-hosted content management system!
This is just mind blowing.  I’ve grumbled at some of the self-hosted photography applications like Gallery2/Gallery3, Piwigo, Coppermine, etc. and then I stumbled upon #koken .
Mind = Blown
Not only does this ROCK with it’s in-built features, but it can integrate with Adobe Lightroom  through a plugin!
Oh, did I mention it’s FREE, beautiful and fast?!
Installation?  30 seconds.  *Seriously*
So if any of you are into photography , you may want to seriously consider this self-hosted solution.
I have setup my personal website (techish.net) with this as I plan to host public and private photos of family, places, events, nature, and whatever else I can capture with my Canon.

Apache .htaccess Redirect WWW

Just a few quick notes on how to redirect website to force www or to force just the domain name when users visit your site.

.htaccess Redirect non-WWW to WWW

This will redirect http://my-domain.com/ to http://www.my-domain.com/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

.htaccess Redirect WWW to non-WWW

This will redirect http://www.my-domain.com/ to http://my-domain.com/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^my-domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://my-domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]