# Redirect to www if it is not there
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

# Protect application and system files from being viewed when the index.php is missing
RewriteCond $1 ^(application|system|private|logs|templates/(.+)/(.+)/template\.php)

# Rewrite to index.php/access_denied/URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/access_denied/$1 [PT,L]

# Allow these directories and files to be displayed directly:
RewriteCond $1 ^(index\.php|robots\.txt|opensearch\.xml|favicon\.ico|assets|forums)

# No rewriting
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [PT,L]

# Rewrite to index.php/URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [PT,L]

# Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
AddDefaultCharset utf-8