Is there currently a way (or a planned way in the future) to do customizable perma/pretty links using mod rewrite?
So I can have mystore.com/index.php?rt=index/home look like mystore.om/home?
Maybe something similar to what wordpress allows you to do? (I hate comparing you to wordpress.. )
WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. This can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A number of tags are available; codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
I think you refer to SEO URLs
It is already available in AbanteCart.
In the product, category and manufacturer (brand) edit section there is a SEO Keyword that needs to be set.
You need to have .htaccess enabled as well for this to work.
Is there an example .htaccess file somewhere?
The config area says it comes with a htaccess.txt file but I'm not seeing that anywhere.
This file .htaccess.txt is located in directory public_html on original distribution archive.
Worth noting that any files starting with a . are considered hidden, which could be why you can't see it. Here's what it should contain
# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your abantecart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://forum.abantecart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
<FilesMatch "\.tpl">
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\?*$ index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
(had to put in php tags sorry as code tags aren't working)