In this tutorial, I will guide you through the steps of doing Mod _Auth_MySQL authentication with the help of user login id’s and passwords stored in a MySQL database.
This type of authentication is usually good for protecting web pages and web directories from unauthentic access. It is quite similar to LDAP authentication, with the exception of database involvement here and is fast also. mod_auth_mysql is an apache module which can work with both Apache 1.x and Apache 2.x and can be installed from http://modauthmysql.sourceforge.net/ Before we continue with the directives that needs to be set in the .htaccess file, we need to know the prerequisites.
Intense Debate or Disquss : Pumping Up Your Comments
Recently we decided to pump up the comment section of our blog. The comment section is one section which really needs attention in case of blogs. Without comments your blog is dormant. So the more you make it easy for your readers to comment, the more your blog comes to life. Comments also increases pageviews for your blog, by bringing back the readers which previously commented and have subscribed by email to the future comments in that post. Comments are very necessary to build engagement of users around your content. Most of the blogs today don’t use the default commenting system of wordpress for this reason only, that it is cumbersome for users to enter their details all over again to comment. Continue reading →