Today I found some a nice .htaccess tutorial (http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/htaccess.html). But seriously, you shouldn't use .htaccess and put your stuff into httpd.conf Thousand times faster (if htaccess is disabled)!
i agree with u :) using .htaccess give impact to performance but sometimes it's helping a lot :)
You are right. But if you have full access to the swerver config, why not converting the .htaccess content into httpd.conf ?
I have to agree with you. Being that I am new to Apache and am all about simplicity, it is much easier for me to try to consolidate everything into one central location for ease of use and management.