To improve usability I suggest adding a new rules generation: 'Multi-sites Boost htaccess rules generation'.

User would click on Boost htaccess rules generation tab. Then would be presented with two options.
1. 'Default Boost htaccess rules generation'.
2. 'Multi-sites Boost htaccess rules generation for some cases'.

Find below mockup to clarify. What do you think?

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In above mockup the grey 'Help' link would go to the Advanced Help page at admin/help/boost

If user click on 'Default Boost htaccess rules generation' link the next page would be as follow. This is the already existing page.
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If user click on 'Multi-sites Boost htaccess rules generation for some cases' link the next page would be a new rules generation page for multi-sites based on 'boosted2.txt' file located under the Boost's module directory at boost/htaccess/boosted2.txt.

I have attached the text only version below.

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#4 Rules-Generation-revision-2.png31.21 KBfrancewhoa
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#6 boost-clarification-for-beginners-text-only-revision-3.txt335 bytesfrancewhoa
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Title: Adding new rules generation: 'Multi-sites Boost htaccess rules generation' » Follow core and use HTTP_HOST as the default htaccess rules
Component: Documentation » Apache integration
Category: feature » task
Status: Needs review » Active

Boost's rules are multi-site ready out of the box; the only difference between the 2 is boosted1.txt uses %{SERVER_NAME} and boosted2.txt uses %{HTTP_HOST}. I should break tradition and follow core in this regard (default settings).

Code from conf_init()

...
    // Create base URL
    $base_root = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') ? 'https' : 'http';
    $base_url = $base_root .= '://'. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
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Multi-site ready out of the box sounds great. But it didn't work for me. boosted2.txt worked though.

I searched for a long time to figure out that there was other rules into a sub-folder of the module. In other words what I'm suggesting is adding the two rules at /admin/settings/performance/boost-rules. The two rules would be based on boosted1.txt, boosted2.txt. It would improve usability to add those two rules into this rule generator page rather than a module's sub-folder. What do you think?

Attaching missing files for my first post. That should clarify what I meant. The attachments didn't work the first time.

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Base on your comment in #1 here are a new mockup. I tried to use non-technical terms for beginners. What do you think?

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I don't think you realize this but I already have this feature built in. It's near the bottom of the admin/settings/performance/boost page.

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Thanks mikeytown2 I learned something new.

Base on your comment in #5 here is a new mockup that would improve usability for beginner users. Those instructions would be added at /admin/settings/performance/boost-rules What do you think?

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Status: Needs review » Fixed

committed and added a link.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.