# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled. 

# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com

Options +FollowSymlinks

# Prevent Directoy listing 
Options -Indexes

# Prevent Direct Access to files
<FilesMatch "\.(tpl|ini|log)">
 Order deny,allow
 Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/ 

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]

### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers 
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.

# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
# php_flag register_globals off

# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off

# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M

# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value post_max_size 999M

# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_execution_time 200

# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_input_time 200

# 7. disable open_basedir limitations
# php_admin_value open_basedir none

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
            # Insert filter
            SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

            # 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

            # NOTE: Due to a bug in mod_setenvif up to Apache 2.0.48
            # the above regex won't work. You can use the following
            # workaround to get the desired effect:
            BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !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
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
        # set expires 1 week
        <FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|js|css)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=290304000, public"
        Header unset Last-Modified
        </FilesMatch>


        # Asset Expiration
        ExpiresActive On
        <FilesMatch "\.(ico|gif|jpe?g|png|js|css)$">
        ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"
        </FilesMatch>
    </IfModule>

    # set conenection keep-alive
    <ifModule mod_headers.c>
        Header set Connection keep-alive
    </ifModule>
