Starter htaccess file

htaccess

# htaccess starter template
# v20121004 htaccessbook.com/changelog

# Enable mod_rewrite
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>

# Enable symbolic links
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Disable index views
Options All -Indexes

# Specify the default language
DefaultLanguage en

# Specify the default character set
AddDefaultCharset utf-8

# Disable the server signature
ServerSignature Off

# Disable ETags
# FileETag none
# <IfModule mod_headers.c>
#	Header unset ETag
# </IfModule>

# Enable basic spell-checking
<IfModule mod_speling.c>
	CheckSpelling On
</IfModule>

# Enable file compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
	<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
		<IfModule mod_headers.c>
			SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ \
			^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
			RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
		</IfModule>
	</IfModule>
	<IfModule mod_filter.c>
		FilterDeclare COMPRESS
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/css
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/html
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/javascript
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/plain
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/xml
		FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/javascript
		FilterChain COMPRESS
		FilterProtocol COMPRESS DEFLATE change=yes;byteranges=no
	</IfModule>
	<IfModule !mod_filter.c>
		AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/html text/plain text/xml
		AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript application/javascript
	</IfModule>
	<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
		BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
		SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
	</IfModule>
	<IfModule mod_headers.c>
		Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
		Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
	</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Optimize cache-control
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive on
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"
	ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"
	ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"
	<IfModule mod_headers.c>
		Header unset ETag
		Header unset Pragma
		Header unset Last-Modified
		Header append Cache-Control "public, no-transform, must-revalidate"
	</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Canonical URLs
# uncomment one of the following to enable either technique

# Remove www
#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
#	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
#</IfModule>

# Require www
#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
#	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)$ [NC]
#	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%1$1 [R=301,L]
#</IfModule>

# Block hotlink requests
# uncomment to enable and edit the domain name and list of file types

#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
#	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?example.com [NC]
#	RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ - [NC,F,L]
#</IfModule>

# Custom error pages
# uncomment to enable and edit each file path

#ErrorDocument 400 /errors/400.html
#ErrorDocument 401 /errors/401.html
#ErrorDocument 403 /errors/403.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.html
#ErrorDocument 500 /errors/500.html