Normally I have been able to copy paste the htaccess I needed but when I needed to do multiple modifications to a URL I can't seem to combine them or I end up with about 20 rules of which half are not necessary. This will be a template for a large number of websites I will be doing so I'm looking to get it perfect. All of the websites are CMS style(single entry point index.php - forgot what its called) This is the URL structure I'm looking for Base URL: example.com/ (Remove HTTP, WWW, index.php/html(if entered), Add Forward Slash) Top Level File: example.com/file (No Extensions, No Trailing Slash) Directory/File: example.com/directory/file Query String: example.com/directory/file?parameter=value Currently, I have the following which is what I'm looking to modify. As I'm not well versed with htaccess please point out any self defeating and redundant logic in what I do have. This allows me to access the above file structures so that part works at least. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on # Do not rewrite AJAX request file RewriteRule ^(ajax.php) - [L] # Do not rewrite specific extensions RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(css|gif|ico|jpg|js|png|swf|txt)$ # Do not rewrite existing files RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Do not rewrite existing directories. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # Pray it works RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [PT,L,QSA] </IfModule> Code (markup): Many thanks in advance for schooling me