<IfModule mod_expires.c>
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"
Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text-js
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/js
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
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
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
Header set Connection keep-alive
############################################
## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
## it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi
Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
AddHandler php5-cgi .php
############################################
GoDaddy specific options
Options -MultiViews
you might also need to add this line to php.ini
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
if it still doesn’t work, rename php.ini to php5.ini
############################################
this line is specific for 1and1 hosting
#AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
#AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
############################################
default index file
DirectoryIndex index.php
############################################
adjust memory limit
php_value memory_limit 256M
php_value memory_limit 256M
php_value max_execution_time 18000
############################################
disable magic quotes for php request vars
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
############################################
disable automatic session start
before autoload was initialized
php_flag session.auto_start off
############################################
enable resulting html compression
#php_flag zlib.output_compression on
###########################################
disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
###########################################
turn off compatibility with PHP4 when dealing with objects
php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode Off
###########################################
# disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
############################################
enable apache served files compression
# Insert filter on all content
###SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Insert filter on selected content types only
#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
# Netscape 4.x has some problems...
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
#BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4.0[678] no-gzip
# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
#BrowserMatch bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
# Don't compress images
#SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
#Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
############################################
make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode
SSLOptions StdEnvVars
############################################
enable rewrites
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
############################################
you can put here your magento root folder
path relative to web root
RewriteBase /
############################################
uncomment next line to enable light API calls processing
RewriteRule ^api/([a-z][0-9a-z_]+)/?$ api.php?type=$1 [QSA,L]
############################################
rewrite API2 calls to api.php (by now it is REST only)
RewriteRule ^api/rest api.php?type=rest [QSA,L]
############################################
workaround for HTTP authorization
in CGI environment
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
############################################
TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRAC[EK]
RewriteRule .* - [L,R=405]
############################################
# X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff disable content-type sniffing on some browsers.
Header set X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
############################################
# This header forces to enables the Cross-site scripting (XSS) filter in browsers (if disabled)
BrowserMatch bMSIEs8 ie8
Header set X-XSS-Protection: "1; mode=block" env=!ie8
</IfModule>
############################################
redirect for mobile user agents
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mobiledirectoryhere/.*$
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mobiledirectoryhere/ [L,R=302]
############################################
always send 404 on missing files in these folders
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(media|skin|js)/
############################################
never rewrite for existing files, directories and links
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
############################################
rewrite everything else to index.php
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
############################################
Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides
If you still have problems, use the second line instead
AddDefaultCharset Off
#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
############################################
Add default Expires header
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
############################################
By default allow all access
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
###########################################
Deny access to release notes to prevent disclosure of the installed Magento version
<Files RELEASE_NOTES.txt>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
############################################
If running in cluster environment, uncomment this
#FileETag none
###########################################
Deny access to cron.php
<Files cron.php>
############################################
uncomment next lines to enable cron access with base HTTP authorization
Warning: .htpasswd file should be placed somewhere not accessible from the web.
This is so that folks cannot download the password file.
For example, if your documents are served out of /usr/local/apache/htdocs
you might want to put the password file(s) in /usr/local/apache/.
############################################
</Files>