Merge pull request #723 from syntaqx/htaccess

htaccess documentation and symlink usage

public/.htaccess

@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
+# Apache configuration file
+# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/quickreference.html
+
+# Note: ".htaccess" files are an overhead for each request. This logic should
+# be placed in your Apache config whenever possible.
+# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html
+
+# Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and
+# features. "+FollowSymLinks" must be enabled for this to work symbolically.
+
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-     RewriteEngine on
+	Options +FollowSymLinks
+	RewriteEngine On
+</IfModule>
 
-     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+# For all files not found in the file system, reroute the request to the
+# "index.php" front controller, keeping the query string intact
 
-     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
 </IfModule>