FAQ: For all your mod_rewrite needs - 301 redirect, pretty URLs, wildcard subdomains

"mod_rewrite is the Swiss army knife of URL manipulation.."

- Redirect search engines and users for moved pages
- Prevent hotlinking to your images (saves bandwidth)
- Create pretty URLs stuffed with keywords!
- Setup "on the fly" subdomains with wildcard/catch-all rewrite tutorial
- Dynamic (cloak) pages based on user IP, user agent or referrer

And so much more. There is far too much to fit into one post but you can see it all at

EasyModRewrite.com