Wordpress .htaccess starter file for Rackspace Cloud Sites (possibly others)

.htaccess

# 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

# Credits
# http://www.sysadminworld.com/2012/enable-gzip-compression-for-rackspace-cloud-sites/
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  # Insert filter
  SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

  # 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
</IfModule>

# Credit: http://checkgzipcompression.com/ - test if gzip is enabled.
# Credit: W3 Total Cache - http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/configure-w3-total-cache-for-wordpress-with-rackspace-cloud-files-cdn
# May want to install a cache plugin.