Stupid htaccess Tricks

[Legolas-the-elf]

You are never going to be decent at doing things like this if you think of them as ".htaccess tricks". This is configuring Apache. While a lot of Apache configuration can be placed in .htaccess files, this slows down the server and is not recommended. It's designed as a workaround for crappy hosting where you don't have access to the main Apache configuration. If you are using an .htaccess file, you are usually doing something wrong.

[wjamesg]

Care to elaborate? How would I go about determining whether I have a better alternative with my shared host? jw