Remove apache-server-configs / .htaccess

docs/extend.md

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [HTML5 Boilerplate homepage](https://html5boilerplate.com) | [Documentation
 table of contents](TOC.md)
 
-# Extend and customise HTML5 Boilerplate
+# Extend and customize HTML5 Boilerplate
 
 Here is some useful advice for how you can make your project with HTML5
 Boilerplate even better. We don't want to include it all by default, as not
 everything fits with everyone's needs.
 
+* [Server Configuration](#server-configuration)
 * [App Stores](#app-stores)
 * [DNS prefetching](#dns-prefetching)
 * [Internet Explorer](#internet-explorer)
@@ -19,6 +20,18 @@ everything fits with everyone's needs.
 * [humans.txt](#humanstxt)
 * [security.txt](#security.txt)
 
+
+## Server Configuration
+
+We no longer include a [`.htaccess`](#htaccess) file for the [Apache HTTP
+server](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/) in HTML5 Boilerplate by default, however if you are
+using a web server, then we encourage you to checkout out the [server configuration](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs)
+that corresponds to your web server and environment.
+
+These repos offer a collection of configuration snippets that can help your server improve the
+website's performance and security, while also ensuring that resources are served with the
+correct content-type and are accessible, if needed, even cross-domain.
+
 ## App Stores
 
 ### Smart App Banners in iOS 6+ Safari

docs/misc.md

@@ -57,59 +57,6 @@ access to `.editorconfig` files, as they can disclose sensitive information!
 For more details, please refer to the [EditorConfig
 project](https://editorconfig.org/).
 
-## Server Configuration
-
-H5BP includes a [`.htaccess`](#htaccess) file for the [Apache HTTP
-server](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/). If you are not using Apache
-as your web server, then you are encouraged to download a
-[server configuration](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs) that
-corresponds to your web server and environment.
-
-A `.htaccess` (hypertext access) file is an [Apache HTTP server
-configuration file](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache).
-The `.htaccess` file is mostly used for:
-
-* Rewriting URLs
-* Controlling cache
-* Authentication
-* Server-side includes
-* Redirects
-* Gzipping
-
-If you have access to the main server configuration file (usually called
-`httpd.conf`), you should add the logic from the `.htaccess` file in, for
-example, a `<Directory>` section in the main configuration file. This is usually
-the recommended way, as using .htaccess files slows down Apache!
-
-To enable Apache modules locally, please see [the Apache modules documentation](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache#enable-apache-httpd-modules)
-
-In the repo the `.htaccess` is used for:
-
-* Allowing cross-origin access to web fonts
-* CORS header for images when browsers request it
-* Enable `404.html` as 404 error document
-* Making the website experience better for IE users better
-* Media UTF-8 as character encoding for `text/html` and `text/plain`
-* Enabling the rewrite URLs engine
-* Forcing or removing the `www.` at the begin of a URL
-* It blocks access to directories without a default document
-* It blocks access to files that can expose sensitive information.
-* It reduces MIME type security risks
-* It forces compressing (gzipping)
-* It tells the browser whether they should request a specific file from the
-  server or whether they should grab it from the browser's cache
-
-When using `.htaccess` we recommend reading all inline comments (the rules after
-a `#`) in the file once. There is a bunch of optional stuff in it.
-
-If you want to know more about the `.htaccess` file check out the
-[Apache HTTP server docs](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/) or more
-specifically the [htaccess
-section](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html).
-
-Notice that the original repo for the `.htaccess` file is [this
-one](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache).
-
 ## robots.txt
 
 The `robots.txt` file is used to give instructions to web robots on what can

docs/usage.md

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ A basic HTML5 Boilerplate site initially looks something like this:
 │   └── vendor
 │       └── modernizr.min.js
 ├── .editorconfig
-├── .htaccess
 ├── 404.html
 ├── browserconfig.xml
 ├── favicon.ico
@@ -74,17 +73,6 @@ This directory should contain all your project's JS files. Libraries, plugins,
 and custom code can all be included here. It includes some initial JS to help
 get you started. [About the JavaScript](js.md).
 
-### .htaccess
-
-The default web server configs are for Apache. For more information, please
-refer to the [Apache Server Configs
-repository](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache).
-
-Host your site on a server other than Apache? You're likely to find the
-corresponding server configs project listed in our [Server
-Configs](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs/blob/master/README.md)
-repository.
-
 ### 404.html
 
 A helpful custom 404 to get you started.