AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthType Basic
Require valid-user
Satisfy Any
Deny from All
Allow from 123.456.78.90

Allow IP ranges:

Allow from 123.456.78
Allow from 123.456

In .htaccess:

<Files myfile.php>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authentication Required"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Files>

htpasswd -nb username password

Using just -n username will prompt twice for the password.

htpasswd -n username

From htpasswd man:

-n Don't update file; display results on stdout.
-b Use the password from the command line rather than prompting for it.

301 Redirect is great, if you want to keep you old structure and only change the server.

.htaccess

Redirect 301 / https://www.trembl.org/

Any page of your old.site/about would get redirected to https://www.trembl.org/about.

If you want to redirect all your page links from your old.site (e.g. old.site, old.site/aaa, old.site/bbb, ...) to https://www.trembl.org, use this RewriteRule:<

.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.trembl.org/ [R=301]

Meaning of 301 and 302

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 302 Moved Temporarily

Here is how to sync a Wordpress Theme from Github to your own server:

Create a Personal Access Token on GitHub

Webhook on GitHub

https://www.trembl.org/update-my-website.php

Webhook on GitHub for .htaccess protected directory:

https://username:passwd@www.trembl.org/update-my-website.php

Initialise

Go to your tmp directory, init the git repo and pull the repo

cd /my/local/tmp/directory/
git init        // initialize git
git reset --hard
git pull https://{$token}@github.com/{$repo}

Update

The update-my-website.php should look something like this:

<?php

// path to local tmp directory
$temp_dir = '/my/local/tmp/directory/';

// path to local theme directory
$theme_dir = "/my/local/theme/directory/";

// access token from GitHub
$token = 'abcdefghijk';

// Repo
$repo = 'github.com/trembl/SuperNiceRepo.git';

// - - - - - 

// change to local git directory
chdir($temp_dir);

// resets local git
exec('git reset --hard 2>&1') . ", ";

// get latest from github & store it in $msg
echo exec("git pull https://<span style="background:red">$token</span>@$repo 2>&1");
$msg = exec("git pull https://$token@$repo 2>&1");

if ($msg != "Already up to date.") {
  // Only copy if the git repo actually changed

  // delete theme dir
  echo "\n\nDeleting Theme Directory.\n";
  echo exec("rm -rf $theme_dir*");  // * deletes all files within the directory

  // Copying Theme from $temp_dir to $theme_dir
  echo "\n\nCopying Theme from tmp folder to wp-content.\n";

  echo exec("cp -a $temp_dir/* $theme_dir");

  // cp -a $temp_dir/* copies everything _except_ invisible files, like .git

} else {
  echo($msg);
}

?>

Q & A

update-my-website.php protected by .htaccess?
860 Access a URL behind htaccess/htpasswd

Protect update.php ONLY with .htaccess?
940 Protecting a Single File with .htaccess

I get the following error message: Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set)/
That means git is not initalized. Run git init

Access a htaccess/htpasswd protected URL programmatically:

https://username:passwd@www.trembl.org/protected/area/

See also: Pulling a GitHub Repository with Tokens & Webhooks