Blocking Visitors

[flipthom]

I've read quite a few articles on here about blocking certain IP addresses from leaving comments. But what if I want to know how to block someone from even being able to view my blog, itself? How would I go about doing that?

[flipthom]

Apparently, I'm a forum loafer.

[dhdesign]

You can also block a person's IP from viewing the site by inserting a few lines in your .htaccess file. Put the person's IP number at the end of the deny from line. Save, then upload the .htaccess file to your server where the current .htaccess file resides.

<Files 403.html>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

403.html is the file that you will send the banished visitor to when they try to view your site. You can create a simple file that simply says "You are forbidden from viewing this site.", save it as 403.html, and put it in the same directory as the .htaccess file.

[xact]

The best method is how dhdesign described it
And if you want to block from multiple user, add IPs separated by space:"

deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz