.htaccess

#rewrite rules for URLs and directory patterns
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteEngine
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#options
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriteoptions
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  #Options +FollowSymLinks
  #Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
  RewriteEngine On

  #check for 200 header, legitimate url 
  RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
  RewriteRule .* - [L]

  #redirect from the `http://` to the `https://` version of the URL.
  #https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteHTTPToHTTPS
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
  #RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
  #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/~jason/$1 [R=301,L]
  #RewriteRule ^(/~jason|index\.html|about\.html|code\.html|talks\.html)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/~jason/$1 [R=301,L]
  #RewriteRule ^(index\.html|about\.html|code\.html|contact\.html|search\.html|sitemap\.html|talks\.html)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/~jason/$1 [R=301,L]

  #remove need to have .html extension in filename
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
  #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
#specify 'strict-transport-security' header to force HTTPS connections
#https://https.cio.gov/hsts/
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
</IfModule>
#serve all resources labeled as `text/html` or `text/plain` with the media type `charset` parameter set to `utf-8`.
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset
AddDefaultCharset utf-8
#serve resources with the proper media types (f.k.a. MIME types).
#https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml
#serve the following file types with the media type `charset` parameter set to `utf-8`.
#https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addcharset
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
  DefaultLanguage en
  AddLanguage en-US .html .css .js
  AddCharset utf-8 .html .css .js .xml .json .rss .atom
  AddType application/javascript js
  AddType application/json json
  AddType application/xml atom rdf rss xml
</IfModule>
# Compress all output labeled with one of the following media types.
# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_filter.html#addoutputfilterbytype
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
                                "application/javascript" \
                                "application/json" \
                                "application/ld+json" \
                                "application/manifest+json" \
                                "application/rdf+xml" \
                                "application/rss+xml" \
                                "application/schema+json" \
                                "application/vnd.geo+json" \
                                "application/x-javascript" \
                                "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
                                "application/xhtml+xml" \
                                "application/xml" \
                                "image/svg+xml" \
                                "text/cache-manifest" \
                                "text/css" \
                                "text/html" \
                                "text/javascript" \
                                "text/plain" \
                                "text/vcard" \
                                "text/xml"
</IfModule>