diff --git a/configuration/virtualhost-common.conf.sample b/configuration/virtualhost-common.conf.sample
index fcf530ca..402f71ad 100644
--- a/configuration/virtualhost-common.conf.sample
+++ b/configuration/virtualhost-common.conf.sample
@@ -1,78 +1,29 @@
-    CBandRemoteSpeed 3GB/s 100 20
+  server_name   www.freshports.org;
+  root          /usr/local/www/freshports/www/;
+  index         index.php index.html;
+
+  error_log	/var/log/nginx/freshports.org-error.log;
+  access_log	/var/log/nginx/freshports.org-access.log combined;
+
+  location / {
+    try_files $uri $uri/ @missing;
+  }
+
+  location ~ \.php$ {
+    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
+    fastcgi_index index.php;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
+    include fastcgi_params;
+  }
+
+  location @missing {
+    rewrite ^ /--/index.php break;
+
+    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
+    fastcgi_index index.php;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
+    include fastcgi_params;
+  }
 
-	ErrorDocument   404 /missing.php
-
-	<Directory /usr/websites/freshports.org/www>
-      Options +FollowSymLinks
-      AllowOverride None
-      Order allow,deny
-      Allow from all
-    </Directory>
-
-	<Directory /usr/websites/freshports.org/www/backend>
-		Options			FollowSymLinks
-    </Directory>
-
-	<Location /docs>
-		IndexOptions	FancyIndexing NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=*
-		Options			Indexes FollowSymLinks
-		AddDescription	"Using 404 errors to serve up virtual pages and virtual categories"			404-for-virtual-pages.php
-		AddDescription	"sample xml file for a commit message from FreeBSD's cvs-all mailing list"	commits.xml
-		AddDescription	"another samle xml file"																	commits_2.xml
-		AddDescription	"The data definition document for the FreshPorts/FreshSource XML"				fp-updates.dtd
-		AddDescription	"FreshPorts/FreshSource database diagram"												physical_database.gif
-		AddDescription	"A sample email"																				sample_message.1
-		AddDescription	"The xml produced from sample_message.1 by code in the scripts directory"	sample_message.1.xml
-		AddDescription	"more information about this directory"		README.txt
-		AddDescription	"perl module needed by process_cvs_mail.pl"	constants.pm
-		AddDescription	"raw email to be used as sample input"			email.txt
-		AddDescription	"xml output by process_cvs_mail.pl"				email.xml
-		AddDescription	"the perl code used to convert email to xml"	process_cvs_mail.pl
-		AddDescription	"Sample scripts for FreshPorts"															scripts
-	</Location>
-
-	RewriteEngine On
-
-	# we are retiring commits.php and using index.php exclusively
-	RewriteRule	^/commits.php$	/  [R=permanent]
-
-
-	# look for stuff in the old /news/ directory
-	# we put php files in that directory in error
-	# and it conflicts with a category
-	#
-	RewriteRule	^/rss/watch-list.php$	/backend/watch-list.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/newsfeeds.php$	/backend/newsfeeds.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/rss/ports-new.php$	/backend/ports-new.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/sidebar.php$		/backend/sidebar.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news.php3$		/backend/rss0.91.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news.php$			/backend/rss0.91.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/atom0.3.php$	/backend/atom0.3.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/html.php$	/backend/html.php    [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/js.php$	    /backend/js.php      [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/mbox.php$	/backend/mbox.php    [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/opml.php$	/backend/opml.php    [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/pie0.1.php$	/backend/pie0.1.php  [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/rss0.91.php$	/backend/rss0.91.php [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/rss1.0.php$	/backend/rss1.0.php  [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule	^/news/rss2.0.php$	/backend/rss2.0.php  [R=permanent]
-
-	RewriteRule ^/(.*)/(.*)/files\.php$ /commit.php?category=$1&port=$2&files=yes [R=permanent,QSA]
-
-
-	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*freshports.net*
-	RewriteRule .* /fraud/fraud.php
-
-	RewriteRule modules/coppermine        http://news.freshports.org/2006/11/09/coppermining/ [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule ^/www/smarty_config.php$  http://news.freshports.org/2006/11/09/coppermining/ [R=permanent]
-	RewriteRule ^/admin/upgrade.php$       http://news.freshports.org/2006/11/09/coppermining/ [R=permanent]
-
-	<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
-		mod_gzip_on      Yes
-		mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
-
-		mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/
-		mod_gzip_item_include mime ^httpd/unix-directory
-		mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/.*xml
-		mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript
-	</IfModule>