.htaccess

Options -Multiviews

ErrorDocument 400 /errors/400.html
ErrorDocument 403 /errors/403.html
ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.html
ErrorDocument 500 /errors/500.html

AddDefaultCharset utf-8

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^about$ about.php [L]
RewriteRule ^help$ help.php [L]
RewriteRule ^index$ index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^upload$ upload.php [L]

RewriteRule ^candidates$ /candidates/           [R=301] # add a trailing slash
RewriteRule ^candidates/$ candidate.php             [L] # the list of candidates
RewriteRule ^candidates/(\d+)$ candidate.php?id=$1  [L] # a specific candidate

RewriteRule ^reviews$ /reviews/                      [R=301] # add a trailing slash
RewriteRule ^reviews/$ review.php                        [L] # the list of reviews
RewriteRule ^reviews/([0-9a-fA-F]{32})$ review.php?id=$1 [L] # a specific review

RewriteRule ^login$    login.php?mode=login    [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^logout$   login.php?mode=logout   [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^register$       register.php?mode=init         [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^register/(.+)$  register.php?mode=verify&id=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^create-account$ create-account.php [L]

RewriteRule ^sitemap$ sitemap.php [L]

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css application/x-javascript