htaccess

gistfile1.sh

# turn on mod_rewrite
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# ensure our url always has www
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^blahblah.co.nz
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.blahblah.co.nz/$1 [R=301,L]

# make sure index.php is always removed from url
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+index\.php(/[^\s\?]+)? [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

# make sure we don't have a trailing slash unless it's a directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# make sure requests are routed through index.php but not in url and ensures EE act query strings aren't messed with
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^ACT=
RewriteRule ^ index.php%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC]

# Enable GZIP
<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>

# Expires Headers - 2678400s = 31 days
<ifmodule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 7200 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2678400 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2678400 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2678400 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 518400 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 2678400 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 2678400 seconds"
</ifmodule>

# Cache Headers
<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
	# Cache specified files for 31 days
	<filesmatch "\.(ico|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|css|swf)$">
		Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2678400, public"
	</filesmatch>
	# Cache HTML files for a couple hours
	<filesmatch "\.(html|htm)$">
		Header set Cache-Control "max-age=7200, private, must-revalidate"
	</filesmatch>
	# Cache PDFs for a day
	<filesmatch "\.(pdf)$">
		Header set Cache-Control "max-age=86400, public"
	</filesmatch>
	# Cache Javascripts for 31 days
	<filesmatch "\.(js)$">
		Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2678400, private"
	</filesmatch>
</ifmodule>