on-rev files

[-= JB =-]

Thanks for the reply and info, Alex.

I am new to websites and the docs are not too good yet.
This helps a lot.

-=>JB<=-


On Jun 9, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:

> -= JB =- wrote:
>> With on-rev you can put files into your public folder and anyone  
>> who accesses
>> your index can access your files.  When you move them up to your  
>> on-rev site
>> level nobody can see your files unless they have logged in as the  
>> administrator.
>>
>> How secure is this?  Can people somehow access your files and  
>> therefore it is
>> not wise put anything on your site unless you consider it public  
>> but know that if
>> you move it up it does make it harder for people to access it?  Is  
>> there a way to
>> make your files secure with other programs?
> Generally, you should keep files that you want on your default  
> domain (i.e. for me that's www.alextweedly.on-rev.com ) within your  
> public_html directory. That directory, and any sub-folders of it,  
> will either be
>    - a folder where you keep html and similar files
>           and you should usually have a file called index.html (or  
> index.irev, or index.php, ...)
>           and any time someone accesses http://www.alextweedly.on- 
> rev.com/ they see the index file's contents - so they
>           can't get to your other files (except through links, or  
> by knowing their names)
>   - a folder you don't expect people to access directly
>           either put in an index.html (...) to prevent access, or  
> you can use the .htaccess file to directly prevent it.
>           (see e.g. http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/ 
> htaccess11.shtml for how to use this).
>
> (Personally, I would always just create an index.irev (or  
> index.html) in every directory :-)
>
> -- Alex.
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