.htaccess

# Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served as `text/html` or `text/plain`.
AddDefaultCharset utf-8

<IfModule mod_mime.c>

# Force UTF-8 for certain file formats.
AddCharset utf-8 .css .js .json

AddType text/html .html
AddType text/css .css
AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
AddType image/png .png

# JavaScript
AddType application/javascript .js
AddType application/json .json
</IfModule>


<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on

# Perhaps better to whitelist expires rules? Perhaps.
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thx Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"

# your document html
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"

# media
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"

# favicon (cannot be renamed)
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"

</IfModule>