Merge pull request #723 from syntaqx/htaccess

htaccess documentation and symlink usage

public/.htaccess

@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-     RewriteEngine on
+# 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>
+	Options +FollowSymLinks
+	RewriteEngine On
+</IfModule>
+
+# For all files not found in the file system, reroute the request to the
+# "index.php" front controller, keeping the query string intact
+
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-
 	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
 </IfModule>