handsome_tony - 2:12 pm on May 17, 2012 (gmt 0)

Hello Everyone - I am a newbie and was wondering if anyone here with obviously greater experience and knowledge could review my first attempt at an .htaccess file? I would really appreciate it. Here is the code:

# disable directory browsing
Options All -Indexes

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine on
#
# Unless you have set a different RewriteBase preceding this
# point, you may delete or comment-out the following
# RewriteBase directive:
RewriteBase /
#
# if this request is for "/" or has already been rewritten to WP
RewriteCond $1 ^(index\.php)?$ [OR]
# or if request is for image, css, or js file
RewriteCond $1 \.(gif|jpg|css|js|ico)$ [NC,OR]
# or if URL resolves to existing file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
# or if URL resolves to existing directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
# then skip the rewrite to WP
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [S=1]
# else rewrite the request to WP
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
#
# END Wordpress

# Add Proper MIME-Type for Favicon / gzip
AddType image/x-icon .ico
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

# BEGIN Compress text files
<ifModule mod_gzip.c>
mod_gzip_on Yes
mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
mod_gzip_item_include file \\.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$
mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/javascript.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
</ifModule>

<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \\bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
# END Compress text files

# BEGIN Expire headers
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 604800 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1209600 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1209600 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1209600 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1209600 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 604800 seconds"
</IfModule>
# END Expire headers

# BEGIN Cache-Control Headers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch "\\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\\\\.(css)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, public"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\\\\.(js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, private"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\\\\.(x?html?|php)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, no-cache, must-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# END Cache-Control Headers

# BEGIN Turn ETags Off
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
# properly handle requests coming from behind proxies
Header append Vary User-Agent
# remove ETags, it's important
Header unset ETag
FileETag None
Header unset Last-Modified
</IfModule>
# END Turn ETags Off