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  1. wycks revised this gist Jan 5, 2013. 1 changed file with 348 additions and 305 deletions.
    653 changes: 348 additions & 305 deletions htaccess cache and stuff
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    @@ -13,503 +13,546 @@ RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    #Boilerplate------------------------------------


    # Apache configuration file
    # httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/quickreference.html

    # Note .htaccess files are an overhead, this logic should be in your Apache
    # config if possible: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html

    # Techniques in here adapted from all over, including:
    # Kroc Camen: camendesign.com/.htaccess
    # perishablepress.com/press/2006/01/10/stupid-htaccess-tricks/
    # Sample .htaccess file of CMS MODx: modxcms.com


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Better website experience for IE users
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Force the latest IE version, in various cases when it may fall back to IE7 mode
    # github.com/rails/rails/commit/123eb25#commitcomment-118920
    # github.com/rails/rails/commit/123eb25#commitcomment-118920
    # Use ChromeFrame if it's installed for a better experience for the poor IE folk



    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=Edge,chrome=1"
    # mod_headers can't match by content-type, but we don't want to send this header on *everything*
    <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|gif|png|jpe?g|pdf|xml|oga|ogg|m4a|ogv|mp4|m4v|webm|svg|svgz|eot|ttf|otf|woff|ico|webp|appcache|manifest|htc|crx|xpi|safariextz|vcf)$" >
    Header unset X-UA-Compatible
    </FilesMatch>
    Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=Edge,chrome=1"
    # mod_headers can't match by content-type, but we don't want to send this header on *everything*...
    <FilesMatch "\.(appcache|crx|css|eot|gif|htc|ico|jpe?g|js|m4a|m4v|manifest|mp4|oex|oga|ogg|ogv|otf|pdf|png|safariextz|svg|svgz|ttf|vcf|webm|webp|woff|xml|xpi)$">
    Header unset X-UA-Compatible
    </FilesMatch>
    </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Cross-domain AJAX requests
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Serve cross-domain ajax requests, disabled.

    # Serve cross-domain Ajax requests, disabled by default.
    # enable-cors.org
    # code.google.com/p/html5security/wiki/CrossOriginRequestSecurity

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    # </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Webfont access
    # CORS-enabled images (@crossorigin)
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    #
    # allow access from all domains for webfonts
    # alternatively you could only whitelist
    # your subdomains like "sub.domain.com"
    #
    <FilesMatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff|font.css)$">

    # Send CORS headers if browsers request them; enabled by default for images.
    # developer.mozilla.org/en/CORS_Enabled_Image
    # blog.chromium.org/2011/07/using-cross-domain-images-in-webgl-and.html
    # hacks.mozilla.org/2011/11/using-cors-to-load-webgl-textures-from-cross-domain-images/
    # wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/crossoriginAttribute

    <IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    # mod_headers, y u no match by Content-Type?!
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|ico|jpe?g|png|svg|svgz|webp)$">
    SetEnvIf Origin ":" IS_CORS
    Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" env=IS_CORS
    </FilesMatch>
    </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>



    </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Webfont access
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Allow access from all domains for webfonts.
    # Alternatively you could only whitelist your
    # subdomains like "subdomain.example.com".

    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <FilesMatch "\.(eot|font.css|otf|ttc|ttf|woff)$">
    Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </FilesMatch>
    </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Proper MIME type for all files
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------



    # JavaScript
    # Normalize to standard type (it's sniffed in IE anyways)
    # Normalize to standard type (it's sniffed in IE anyways)
    # tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#section-7.2
    AddType application/javascript js

    AddType application/javascript js jsonp
    AddType application/json json

    # Audio
    AddType audio/mp4 m4a f4a f4b
    AddType audio/ogg oga ogg
    AddType audio/mp4 m4a


    # Video
    AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v f4v f4p
    AddType video/ogg ogv
    AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v
    AddType video/webm webm

    AddType video/x-flv flv

    # SVG
    # Required for svg webfonts on iPad
    # twitter.com/FontSquirrel/status/14855840545
    AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
    AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
    AddEncoding gzip svgz
    # Webfonts

    # Webfonts
    AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
    AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf ttc
    AddType font/opentype otf
    AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf ttc
    AddType application/x-font-woff woff

    # Assorted types
    AddType image/x-icon ico
    AddType image/webp webp
    AddType text/cache-manifest appcache manifest
    AddType text/x-component htc
    AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
    AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
    AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
    AddType text/x-vcard vcf



    AddType font/opentype otf

    # Assorted types
    AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
    AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
    AddType application/x-opera-extension oex
    AddType application/x-shockwave-flash swf
    AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json webapp
    AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
    AddType application/xml rss atom xml rdf
    AddType image/webp webp
    AddType image/x-icon ico
    AddType text/cache-manifest appcache manifest
    AddType text/vtt vtt
    AddType text/x-component htc
    AddType text/x-vcard vcf


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Allow concatenation from within specific js and css files
    # Allow concatenation from within specific js and css files
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # e.g. Inside of script.combined.js you could have
    # <!--#include file="libs/jquery-1.5.0.min.js" -->
    # <!--#include file="plugins/jquery.idletimer.js" -->
    # and they would be included into this single file.

    # This is not in use in the boilerplate as it stands. You may
    # choose to name your files in this way for this advantage or
    # concatenate and minify them manually.
    # Disabled by default.

    # choose to use this technique if you do not have a build process.

    #<FilesMatch "\.combined\.js$">
    # Options +Includes
    # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES application/javascript application/json
    # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES
    #</FilesMatch>

    #<FilesMatch "\.combined\.css$">
    # Options +Includes
    # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES text/css
    # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES
    #</FilesMatch>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Gzip compression
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>


    # force deflate for mangled headers
    # developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping/
    <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

    # Force deflate for mangled headers developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping/
    <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>

    # Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
    # (for Apache versions below 2.3.7, you don't need to enable `mod_filter`
    # and can remove the `<IfModule mod_filter.c>` and `</IfModule>` lines as
    # `AddOutputFilterByType` is still in the core directives)
    <IfModule mod_filter.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
    application/javascript \
    application/json \
    application/rss+xml \
    application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
    application/x-font-ttf \
    application/xhtml+xml \
    application/xml \
    font/opentype \
    image/svg+xml \
    image/x-icon \
    text/css \
    text/html \
    text/plain \
    text/x-component \
    text/xml
    </IfModule>

    </IfModule>

    # HTML, TXT, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, HTC:
    <IfModule filter_module>
    FilterDeclare COMPRESS
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/html
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/css
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/plain
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/x-component
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/javascript
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/json
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xhtml+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/rss+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/atom+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/vnd.ms-fontobject
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $image/svg+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/x-font-ttf
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $font/opentype
    FilterChain COMPRESS
    FilterProtocol COMPRESS DEFLATE change=yes;byteranges=no
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule !mod_filter.c>
    # Legacy versions of Apache
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/css application/json
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml application/xml text/x-component
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/atom+xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf font/opentype
    </IfModule>
    </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Expires headers (for better cache control)
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # These are pretty far-future expires headers
    # They assume you control versioning with cachebusting query params like:
    # <script src="application.js?20100608">

    # These are pretty far-future expires headers.
    # They assume you control versioning with filename-based cache busting
    # Additionally, consider that outdated proxies may miscache
    #
    # www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/

    #
    # If you don`t use filenames to version, lower the css and js to something like "access plus 1 week"
    #


    # If you don't use filenames to version, lower the CSS and JS to something like
    # "access plus 1 week".

    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive on

    # Perhaps better to whitelist expires rules? Perhaps.
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
    # cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thx Remy ~Introducing HTML5)

    # cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thanks Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
    ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"




    # Your document html
    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"

    # Data
    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"

    # RSS feed
    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"

    # Feed
    ExpiresByType application/atom+xml "access plus 1 hour"
    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour"

    # Favicon (cannot be renamed)
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"

    # Media: images, video, audio
    ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 1 month"

    # HTC files (css3pie)
    ExpiresByType text/x-component "access plus 1 month"

    # Webfonts
    ExpiresByType font/truetype "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"


    # CSS and JavaScript
    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 year"

    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </IfModule>

    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"

    </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Prevent mobile network providers from modifying your site
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # The following header prevents modification of your code over 3G on some
    # European providers.
    # This is the official 'bypass' suggested by O2 in the UK.

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Header set Cache-Control "no-transform"
    # </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # ETag removal
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # FileETag None is not enough for every server.
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header unset ETag
    </IfModule>
    # Since we`re sending far-future expires, we don't need ETags for static content.
    # developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags

    # Since we're sending far-future expires, we don't need ETags for
    # static content.
    # developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
    FileETag None





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # The following directives stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers in combination with the "ExpiresByType" rules for images (see above)
    # If needed, un-comment the following rules.

    # The following directives stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers - in
    # combination with the "ExpiresByType" rules for images (see above).

    # BrowserMatch "MSIE" brokenvary=1
    # BrowserMatch "Mozilla/4.[0-9]{2}" brokenvary=1
    # BrowserMatch "Opera" !brokenvary
    # SetEnvIf brokenvary 1 force-no-vary





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Set Keep-Alive Header
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Keep-Alive allows the server to send multiple requests through one
    # TCP-connection. Be aware of possible disadvantages of this setting. Turn on
    # if you serve a lot of static content.

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Header set Connection Keep-Alive
    # </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Cookie setting from iframes
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Allow cookies to be set from iframes (for IE only)
    # If needed, uncomment and specify a path or regex in the Location directive
    # If needed, specify a path or regex in the Location directive.

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # <Location />
    # Header set P3P "policyref=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\", CP=\"IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT\""
    # </Location>
    # Header set P3P "policyref=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\", CP=\"IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT\""
    # </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Start rewrite engine
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and features.
    # FollowSymLinks must be enabled for this to work.
    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # Options +FollowSymlinks
    # RewriteEngine On
    # </IfModule>




    # Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and
    # features. FollowSymLinks must be enabled for this to work.

    # Some cloud hosting services require RewriteBase to be set: goo.gl/HOcPN
    # If using the h5bp in a subdirectory, use `RewriteBase /foo` instead where
    # 'foo' is your directory.

    # If your web host doesn't allow the FollowSymlinks option, you may need to
    # comment it out and use `Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch`, but be aware of the
    # performance impact: http://goo.gl/Mluzd

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options +FollowSymlinks
    # Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    RewriteEngine On
    # RewriteBase /
    </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Suppress or force the "www." at the beginning of URLs
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    #
    # The same content should never be available under two different URLs, especially not with and without "www." at the beginning, since this can cause SEO problems (duplicate content).
    # That's why you should choose one of the alternatives and redirect the other one.
    #

    # The same content should never be available under two different URLs -
    # especially not with and without "www." at the beginning, since this can cause
    # SEO problems (duplicate content). That's why you should choose one of the
    # alternatives and redirect the other one.

    # By default option 1 (no "www.") is activated.
    # Remember: Shorter URLs are sexier.
    # no-www.org/faq.php?q=class_b

    #
    # If you rather want to use option 2, just comment out all option 1 lines and uncomment option 2.

    # If you'd prefer to use option 2, just comment out all option 1 lines
    # and uncomment option 2.

    # IMPORTANT: NEVER USE BOTH RULES AT THE SAME TIME!
    #


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #

    # Option 1:
    # Rewrite "www.domain.com -> domain.com"
    #

    # Rewrite "www.example.com -> example.com".

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

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #

    # Option 2:
    # To rewrite "domain.com -> www.domain.com" uncomment the following lines.
    # Be aware that the following rule might not be a good idea if you use "real" subdomains for certain parts of your website.
    #
    # Rewrite "example.com -> www.example.com".
    # Be aware that the following rule might not be a good idea if you use "real"
    # subdomains for certain parts of your website.

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





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Built-in filename-based cache busting
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # If you're not using the build script to manage your filename version revving, you might want to consider enabling this, which will route requests for /css/all.20110203.css to /res/all.css
    #

    # To understand why this is important and a better idea than all.css?v1231, read:
    # github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/wiki/Version-Control-with-Cachebusting

    # Uncomment to enable.

    # If you're not using the build script to manage your filename version revving,
    # you might want to consider enabling this, which will route requests for
    # `/css/style.20110203.css` to `/css/style.css`.

    # To understand why this is important and a better idea than all.css?v1231,
    # please refer to the bundled documentation about `.htaccess`.

    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(js|css|png|jpg|gif)$ $1.$3 [L]
    # </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Prevent SSL cert warnings
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # Rewrite secure requests properly to prevent SSL cert warnings
    # e.g. prevent https://www.domain.com when your cert only allows https://secure.domain.com
    # Uncomment the following lines to use this feature.
    #


    # Rewrite secure requests properly to prevent SSL cert warnings, e.g. prevent
    # https://www.example.com when your cert only allows https://secure.example.com

    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443
    # RewriteRule ^ https://example-domain-please-change-me.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
    # </IfModule>





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Prevent 404 errors for non-existing redirected folders
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # without -MultiViews, Apache will give a 404 for a rewrite if a folder of the same name does not exist e.g. /blog/hello : webmasterworld.com/apache/3808792.htm
    #

    Options -MultiViews




    # without -MultiViews, Apache will give a 404 for a rewrite if a folder of the
    # same name does not exist.
    # webmasterworld.com/apache/3808792.htm

    Options -MultiViews


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Custom 404 page
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # You can add custom pages to handle 500 or 403 pretty easily, if you like.
    # If you are hosting your site in subdirectory, adjust this accordingly
    # e.g. ErrorDocument 404 /subdir/404.html
    ErrorDocument 404 /404.html





    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # UTF-8 encoding
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # use utf-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html

    # Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
    AddDefaultCharset utf-8

    # force utf-8 for a number of file formats
    AddCharset utf-8 .html .css .js .xml .json .rss .atom




    # Force UTF-8 for a number of file formats
    AddCharset utf-8 .atom .css .js .json .rss .vtt .xml


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # A little more security
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    #
    # Do we want to advertise the exact version number of Apache we're running? Probably not.
    # This can only be enabled if used in httpd.conf - It will not work in .htaccess
    #

    # To avoid displaying the exact version number of Apache being used, add the
    # following to httpd.conf (it will not work in .htaccess):
    # ServerTokens Prod


    #
    # "-Indexes" will have Apache block users from browsing folders without a default document
    # Usually you should leave this activated, because you shouldn't allow everybody to surf through every folder on your server (which includes rather private places like CMS system folders).
    #
    # Options -Indexes


    #
    # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period.
    # This includes directories used by version control systems such as Subversion or Git.
    #

    # "-Indexes" will have Apache block users from browsing folders without a
    # default document Usually you should leave this activated, because you
    # shouldn't allow everybody to surf through every folder on your server (which
    # includes rather private places like CMS system folders).
    <IfModule mod_autoindex.c>
    Options -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    # Block access to "hidden" directories or files whose names begin with a
    # period. This includes directories used by version control systems such as
    # Subversion or Git.
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -d [OR]
    RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]
    </IfModule>


    #
    # If your server is not already configured as such, the following directive should be uncommented in order to set PHP's register_globals option to OFF. This closes a major security hole that is abused by most XSS (cross-site scripting) attacks. For more information: http://php.net/register_globals

    # Block access to backup and source files. These files may be left by some
    # text/html editors and pose a great security danger, when anyone can access
    # them.
    <FilesMatch "(\.(bak|config|dist|fla|inc|ini|log|psd|sh|sql|swp)|~)$">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
    </FilesMatch>

    # If your server is not already configured as such, the following directive
    # should be uncommented in order to set PHP's register_globals option to OFF.
    # This closes a major security hole that is abused by most XSS (cross-site
    # scripting) attacks. For more information: http://php.net/register_globals
    #
    # IF REGISTER_GLOBALS DIRECTIVE CAUSES 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS :
    # IF REGISTER_GLOBALS DIRECTIVE CAUSES 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS:
    #
    # Your server does not allow PHP directives to be set via .htaccess. In that case you must make this change in your php.ini file instead.If you are using a commercial web host, contact the administrators for assistance in doing this.Not all servers allow local php.ini files, and they should include all PHP configurations (not just this one), or you will effectively reset everything to PHP defaults.
    # Consult www.php.net for more detailed information about setting PHP directives.
    #

    # Your server does not allow PHP directives to be set via .htaccess. In that
    # case you must make this change in your php.ini file instead. If you are
    # using a commercial web host, contact the administrators for assistance in
    # doing this. Not all servers allow local php.ini files, and they should
    # include all PHP configurations (not just this one), or you will effectively
    # reset everything to PHP defaults. Consult www.php.net for more detailed
    # information about setting PHP directives.

    # php_flag register_globals Off

    # Rename session cookie to something else, than PHPSESSID
    # php_value session.name sid


    # Disable magic quotes (This feature has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 5.4.0.)
    # php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off

    # Do not show you are using PHP
    # Note: Move this line to php.ini since it won't work in .htaccess
    # php_flag expose_php Off

    # Level of log detail - log all errors
    # php_value error_reporting -1

    # Write errors to log file
    # php_flag log_errors On

    # Do not display errors in browser (production - Off, development - On)
    # php_flag display_errors Off

    # Do not display startup errors (production - Off, development - On)
    # php_flag display_startup_errors Off

    # Format errors in plain text
    # Note: Leave this setting 'On' for xdebug's var_dump() output
    # php_flag html_errors Off

    # Show multiple occurrence of error
    # php_flag ignore_repeated_errors Off

    # Show same errors from different sources
    # php_flag ignore_repeated_source Off

    # Size limit for error messages
    # php_value log_errors_max_len 1024

    # Don't precede error with string (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need)
    # php_value error_prepend_string " "

    # Don't prepend to error (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need)
    # php_value error_append_string " "

    # Increase cookie security
    <IfModule php5_module>
    php_value session.cookie_httponly true
    <IfModule mod_php5.c>
    php_value session.cookie_httponly true
    </IfModule>
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    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

    #Boilerplate------------------------------------


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Better website experience for IE users
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Force the latest IE version, in various cases when it may fall back to IE7 mode
    # github.com/rails/rails/commit/123eb25#commitcomment-118920
    # Use ChromeFrame if it's installed for a better experience for the poor IE folk


    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=Edge,chrome=1"
    # mod_headers can't match by content-type, but we don't want to send this header on *everything*
    <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|gif|png|jpe?g|pdf|xml|oga|ogg|m4a|ogv|mp4|m4v|webm|svg|svgz|eot|ttf|otf|woff|ico|webp|appcache|manifest|htc|crx|xpi|safariextz|vcf)$" >
    Header unset X-UA-Compatible
    </FilesMatch>
    </IfModule>


    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Cross-domain AJAX requests
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Serve cross-domain ajax requests, disabled.
    # enable-cors.org
    # code.google.com/p/html5security/wiki/CrossOriginRequestSecurity

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    # </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Webfont access
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # allow access from all domains for webfonts
    # alternatively you could only whitelist
    # your subdomains like "sub.domain.com"
    #

    <FilesMatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff|font.css)$">
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Proper MIME type for all files
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    # JavaScript
    # Normalize to standard type (it's sniffed in IE anyways)
    # tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#section-7.2
    AddType application/javascript js

    # Audio
    AddType audio/ogg oga ogg
    AddType audio/mp4 m4a

    # Video
    AddType video/ogg ogv
    AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v
    AddType video/webm webm

    # SVG
    # Required for svg webfonts on iPad
    # twitter.com/FontSquirrel/status/14855840545
    AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz
    AddEncoding gzip svgz

    # Webfonts
    AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot
    AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf ttc
    AddType font/opentype otf
    AddType application/x-font-woff woff

    # Assorted types
    AddType image/x-icon ico
    AddType image/webp webp
    AddType text/cache-manifest appcache manifest
    AddType text/x-component htc
    AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx
    AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi
    AddType application/octet-stream safariextz
    AddType text/x-vcard vcf



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Allow concatenation from within specific js and css files
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # e.g. Inside of script.combined.js you could have
    # <!--#include file="libs/jquery-1.5.0.min.js" -->
    # <!--#include file="plugins/jquery.idletimer.js" -->
    # and they would be included into this single file.

    # This is not in use in the boilerplate as it stands. You may
    # choose to name your files in this way for this advantage or
    # concatenate and minify them manually.
    # Disabled by default.

    #<FilesMatch "\.combined\.js$">
    # Options +Includes
    # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES application/javascript application/json
    # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES
    #</FilesMatch>
    #<FilesMatch "\.combined\.css$">
    # Options +Includes
    # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES text/css
    # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES
    #</FilesMatch>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Gzip compression
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>


    # force deflate for mangled headers
    # developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping/
    <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>

    # HTML, TXT, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, HTC:
    <IfModule filter_module>
    FilterDeclare COMPRESS
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/html
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/css
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/plain
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/x-component
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/javascript
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/json
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xhtml+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/rss+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/atom+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/vnd.ms-fontobject
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $image/svg+xml
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/x-font-ttf
    FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $font/opentype
    FilterChain COMPRESS
    FilterProtocol COMPRESS DEFLATE change=yes;byteranges=no
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule !mod_filter.c>
    # Legacy versions of Apache
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/css application/json
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml application/xml text/x-component
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/atom+xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf font/opentype
    </IfModule>
    </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Expires headers (for better cache control)
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # These are pretty far-future expires headers
    # They assume you control versioning with cachebusting query params like:
    # <script src="application.js?20100608">
    # Additionally, consider that outdated proxies may miscache
    #
    # www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring/

    #
    # If you don`t use filenames to version, lower the css and js to something like "access plus 1 week"
    #

    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive on

    # Perhaps better to whitelist expires rules? Perhaps.
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

    # cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thx Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
    ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"



    # Your document html
    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"

    # Data
    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"

    # RSS feed
    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour"

    # Favicon (cannot be renamed)
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"

    # Media: images, video, audio
    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 1 month"

    # HTC files (css3pie)
    ExpiresByType text/x-component "access plus 1 month"

    # Webfonts
    ExpiresByType font/truetype "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"

    # CSS and JavaScript
    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 year"

    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </IfModule>

    </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # ETag removal
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # FileETag None is not enough for every server.
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header unset ETag
    </IfModule>


    # Since we`re sending far-future expires, we don't need ETags for static content.
    # developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
    FileETag None



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # The following directives stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers in combination with the "ExpiresByType" rules for images (see above)
    # If needed, un-comment the following rules.

    # BrowserMatch "MSIE" brokenvary=1
    # BrowserMatch "Mozilla/4.[0-9]{2}" brokenvary=1
    # BrowserMatch "Opera" !brokenvary
    # SetEnvIf brokenvary 1 force-no-vary



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Cookie setting from iframes
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Allow cookies to be set from iframes (for IE only)
    # If needed, uncomment and specify a path or regex in the Location directive

    # <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    # <Location />
    # Header set P3P "policyref=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\", CP=\"IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT\""
    # </Location>
    # </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Start rewrite engine
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and features.
    # FollowSymLinks must be enabled for this to work.
    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # Options +FollowSymlinks
    # RewriteEngine On
    # </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Suppress or force the "www." at the beginning of URLs
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # The same content should never be available under two different URLs, especially not with and without "www." at the beginning, since this can cause SEO problems (duplicate content).
    # That's why you should choose one of the alternatives and redirect the other one.
    #

    # By default option 1 (no "www.") is activated.
    # Remember: Shorter URLs are sexier.
    # no-www.org/faq.php?q=class_b

    #
    # If you rather want to use option 2, just comment out all option 1 lines and uncomment option 2.
    # IMPORTANT: NEVER USE BOTH RULES AT THE SAME TIME!
    #

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # Option 1:
    # Rewrite "www.domain.com -> domain.com"
    #

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

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # Option 2:
    # To rewrite "domain.com -> www.domain.com" uncomment the following lines.
    # Be aware that the following rule might not be a good idea if you use "real" subdomains for certain parts of your website.
    #

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



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Built-in filename-based cache busting
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # If you're not using the build script to manage your filename version revving, you might want to consider enabling this, which will route requests for /css/all.20110203.css to /res/all.css
    #

    # To understand why this is important and a better idea than all.css?v1231, read:
    # github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/wiki/Version-Control-with-Cachebusting

    # Uncomment to enable.
    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(js|css|png|jpg|gif)$ $1.$3 [L]
    # </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Prevent SSL cert warnings
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # Rewrite secure requests properly to prevent SSL cert warnings
    # e.g. prevent https://www.domain.com when your cert only allows https://secure.domain.com
    # Uncomment the following lines to use this feature.
    #

    # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    # RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443
    # RewriteRule ^ https://example-domain-please-change-me.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
    # </IfModule>



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Prevent 404 errors for non-existing redirected folders
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    #
    # without -MultiViews, Apache will give a 404 for a rewrite if a folder of the same name does not exist e.g. /blog/hello : webmasterworld.com/apache/3808792.htm
    #

    Options -MultiViews



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Custom 404 page
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # You can add custom pages to handle 500 or 403 pretty easily, if you like.
    ErrorDocument 404 /404.html



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # UTF-8 encoding
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    # use utf-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
    AddDefaultCharset utf-8

    # force utf-8 for a number of file formats
    AddCharset utf-8 .html .css .js .xml .json .rss .atom



    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # A little more security
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------


    #
    # Do we want to advertise the exact version number of Apache we're running? Probably not.
    # This can only be enabled if used in httpd.conf - It will not work in .htaccess
    #
    # ServerTokens Prod


    #
    # "-Indexes" will have Apache block users from browsing folders without a default document
    # Usually you should leave this activated, because you shouldn't allow everybody to surf through every folder on your server (which includes rather private places like CMS system folders).
    #
    # Options -Indexes


    #
    # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period.
    # This includes directories used by version control systems such as Subversion or Git.
    #
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]
    </IfModule>


    #
    # If your server is not already configured as such, the following directive should be uncommented in order to set PHP's register_globals option to OFF. This closes a major security hole that is abused by most XSS (cross-site scripting) attacks. For more information: http://php.net/register_globals
    #
    # IF REGISTER_GLOBALS DIRECTIVE CAUSES 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS :
    #
    # Your server does not allow PHP directives to be set via .htaccess. In that case you must make this change in your php.ini file instead.If you are using a commercial web host, contact the administrators for assistance in doing this.Not all servers allow local php.ini files, and they should include all PHP configurations (not just this one), or you will effectively reset everything to PHP defaults.
    # Consult www.php.net for more detailed information about setting PHP directives.
    #

    # php_flag register_globals Off

    # Rename session cookie to something else, than PHPSESSID
    # php_value session.name sid

    # Do not show you are using PHP
    # Note: Move this line to php.ini since it won't work in .htaccess
    # php_flag expose_php Off

    # Level of log detail - log all errors
    # php_value error_reporting -1

    # Write errors to log file
    # php_flag log_errors On

    # Do not display errors in browser (production - Off, development - On)
    # php_flag display_errors Off

    # Do not display startup errors (production - Off, development - On)
    # php_flag display_startup_errors Off

    # Format errors in plain text
    # php_flag html_errors Off

    # Show multiple occurrence of error
    # php_flag ignore_repeated_errors Off

    # Show same errors from different sources
    # php_flag ignore_repeated_source Off

    # Size limit for error messages
    # php_value log_errors_max_len 1024

    # Don't precede error with string (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need)
    # php_value error_prepend_string " "

    # Don't prepend to error (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need)
    # php_value error_append_string " "

    # Increase cookie security
    <IfModule php5_module>
    php_value session.cookie_httponly true
    </IfModule>