I\'m kinda new to URL Rewriting in .htaccess , and I tried to do it myself following some tutorials. No success though ....
I want to shorten http://www.example.co
TRiG's answer should get you up and running however, I would strongly suggest you check out:
.htaccess tips and tricks
It is an excellent tutorial which should help you get your head round this stuff, part 2 covers mod_rewrite.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # if the requested file does not exist
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ page.php?var=$1 # rewrite the request
</IfModule>
A more generic approach, to have all the links you want as domain.tld/person/jon/
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# rewrites all urls to index.php/url
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]