Before you start, make sure the Apache rewrites module is enabled and then follow the steps below. Log-in to your Magento administration area then go to System > Configuration > Web. Navigate to the Unsecure and Secure tabs. Make sure the Unsecured and Secure – Base Url options have your domain name within it, and … Read more
\xef\xbb\xbf are three invisible junk characters (at least from Apache’s perspective) called the Unicode BOM, or byte order mark. Apache thinks that those characters are part of the command that follows right after. This is what you see in the log, though the characters are escaped so they’re visible to the naked eye. \xef\xbb\xbfRewriteEngine In … Read more
Try it like this: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301] The only real difference here is that first we redirect from non-WWW to WWW then we check for HTTPS and redirect it. If it does not work, try this one: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} … Read more
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^.*$ /default.php [L]
If you are just interested in the use of Access-Control-Allow-Origin:* You can do that with this .htaccess file at the site root. Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin “*” Some useful information here: http://enable-cors.org/server_apache.html
# 480 weeks <FilesMatch “\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css|swf)$”> Header set Cache-Control “max-age=290304000, public” </FilesMatch> # 2 DAYS <FilesMatch “\.(xml|txt)$”> Header set Cache-Control “max-age=172800, public, must-revalidate” </FilesMatch> # 2 HOURS <FilesMatch “\.(html|htm)$”> Header set Cache-Control “max-age=7200, must-revalidate” </FilesMatch> <ifModule mod_gzip.c> mod_gzip_on Yes mod_gzip_dechunk Yes mod_gzip_item_include file \.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$ mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$ mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.* mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.* mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.* … Read more
Try: RewriteRule ^directory/ – [L,R=404] This redirects all requests for the folder “/directory/“, they get a 404 response.
The trick provided by Jon is a nice hack, but I am afraid it could break if you want to use more [OR] conditions, and if you use more backreferences you have to be careful which number to use (%1 or %2 or ..). I think the most elegant, robust and clean solution for smart … Read more
That’s a bit simpler. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
Place general rules in: /.htaccess Place /admin/ specific rules in: /admin/.htaccess Place /admin/tool/ specific rules in: /admin/tool/.htaccess