+[[!meta date="2010-03-14 14:58:13 -0400"]]
+
If you try to include a `.htaccess` file in your wiki's source, in order to
configure the web server, you'll find that ikiwiki excludes it from
processing. In fact, ikiwiki excludes any file starting with a dot, as well
If any of these questions have given you pause, I suggest you find a
different way to configure the web server. One way is to not put the
`.htaccess` file under ikiwiki's control, and just manually install it
-in the destdir.
+in the destdir. --[[Joey]]
-[Apache's documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html)
-says
+[Apache's documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html)
+says:
> In general, you should never use .htaccess files unless you don't have
> access to the main server configuration file.
-This is good advice -- if you can edit apache's main configuration files,
-then you should not use a htaccess file.
---[[Joey]]