.htaccess
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.site.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://site.com/$1 [L,R=301]
#apache2ctl -M && sudo a2enmod expires && sudo service apache2 restart (to enable mod_expires on ubuntu)
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access 7 days"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html "access 1 year"
</IfModule>
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.tpl$ [R=404]
RewriteRule ^(.*)backups(.*)\.zip$ [R=404]
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|assets/.*|uploads/.*|application/third_party/(tinymce|filemanager).*|favicon\.ico|favicon\.png|captcha/.*|application/.*/templates|application/.*/assets/js|application/.*/assets/css|application/.*/assets/images|CHANGELOG.xml|templates|js|application/modules/update/UpdateService.wsdl)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
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# or
# RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?$1 [L]
# or
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]