.htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    #Redirect all to maintenance page 
    #RewriteRule (idea.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]
    #RewriteRule (hardware.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]
    #RewriteRule (software.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]
    #RewriteRule (user.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]
    #RewriteRule (country.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]
    #RewriteRule (tutorial/search.*) http://www.linuxmint.com/maintenance.php [R=301,L]

    #Removes access to the system folder by users.
    #Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
    #previously this would not have been possible.
    #'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
    
    #When your application folder isn't in the system folder
    #This snippet prevents user access to the application folder
    #Submitted by: Fabdrol
    #Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

    #Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
    #such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
    #request to index.php
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
    # If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
    # can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
    # Submitted by: ElliotHaughin

    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>