AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

#Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes

RewriteEngine on

# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.site.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://site.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|user_guide|uploads/.*|favicon\.ico|favicon\.png|captcha/.*|application/modules/.*/templates|templates|js|robots\.txt|application/controllers/install/images/.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [L]

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# or
# RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?$1 [L]