htaccess_tips

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

#  ^ represent beggining and $ represent end and hence ^$ meaning anything.
#  and hence anything here will be redirected to public folder ( public will prepend ) in url.
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]

# .* just matches all the characters.
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]

</IfModule>



## EXPIRES CACHING ##

ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"

## EXPIRES CACHING ##

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript

Options +FollowSymlinks
Redirect /md /mate/index.php
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
IndexIgnore *

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9A-Z_-]+)$ /assets/php/show.php?slug=$1
</IfModule>


# custom error documents
ErrorDocument 401 /md/err/401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /md/err/403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /md/err/404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /md/err/500.php

<ifModule mod_expires.c>

RewriteRule ^dv([0-9]+) /diary.php?recid=$1&ACTION=VIEW [NC]

# If subdomain www exists, remove it first
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.([^.]+.[^.]+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301]

# If requested resource does not exist as a file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

# and does not end with a period followed by a filetype
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !..+$

# and does not end with a slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$

# then add a trailing slash and redirect
RewriteRule (.*) $1/ [R=301]

</IfModule>