# Remove # in the following line if needed
#AddHandler php5-fastcgi .php

#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

Options +FollowSymlinks
Options All -Indexes

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine on

# Access denied rules (Error:403)
RewriteRule ^(_system_|_templates_|_html_) - [F,L]

# Do not enable rewriting for files that exist
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# For reuests that are not actual files or directories,
# Rewrite to index.php?URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [PT,QSA,L]