About using .htaccess directives in httpd.config
I am currently using an .htaccess file in the root directory (public_html or www) of the one (only) site I have on my dedicated server. I have read that adding the info from .htaccess to the httpd.config will speed things up a bit, since the .htaccess file does not have to be opened/accessed for each page.
My question is, would it be a good idea to move all lines from the .htaccess to the httpd.config to get better performance, and would the following method be the best (or good) way of doing it (basically, just taking the lines in .htaccess, and putting them in a <Directory> block referring to the same root directory for the one existing account?
<Directory /home/username/www/>
AddType text/html .html
AddHandler server-parsed .html
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ...whatever... there are several
</Directory>
TIA for any help, suggestions, etc. BTW, every page uses SSI, so the server-parsed .html is necessary. Also, what is the difference in including the "+" in front of FollowSymlinks, and would it be required when it's used in the httpd.config? Additionally, is there some security benefit to doing it this way, as opposed to using .htaccess?
Mark
