# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled. 



# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.



# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com



Options +FollowSymlinks



# Prevent Directoy listing 

Options -Indexes



# Prevent Direct Access to files

<FilesMatch "(?i)((\.tpl|\.ini|\.log|(?<!robots)\.txt))">

 Order deny,allow

 Deny from all

</FilesMatch>



# SEO URL Settings

RewriteEngine On

# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/ 



RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]

RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]

RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)

RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]



### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers 

### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.

### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.



# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:

# php_flag register_globals off



# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:

# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off



# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try

# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M



# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields

# php_value post_max_size 999M



# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields

# php_value max_execution_time 200



# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields

# php_value max_input_time 200



# 7. disable open_basedir limitations

# php_admin_value open_basedir none

