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

# 2. In your v5cart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

# For any support issues please visit: http://www.v5cart.com

Options +FollowSymlinks

# Prevent Directoy listing 
Options -Indexes

# Prevent Direct Access to files
<FilesMatch "\.(tpl|ini|log)">
 Order deny,allow
 Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On

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

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 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css|swf)
RewriteRule .* - [S=100]

# Article
RewriteRule ^article/?([0-9]+)?/?$ index.php?route=article/category&category_id=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^article-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?route=article/index&article_id=$1 [L,QSA]

# Page
RewriteRule ^page/(.*)\.html$ index.php?route=page/index&page_id=$1 [L,QSA]

# Topic
RewriteRule ^topic/(.*)\.html$ index.php?route=product/topic&topic_id=$1 [L,QSA]

# Product & Category
RewriteRule ^(.*)-([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?route=product/category&category_id=$2  [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?route=product/product&product_id=$2 [L,QSA]

# Others
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?route=$1 [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