Note: This site is under new management as of 14th April 2007. More details to come shortly.
I visit only one webmaster forum and even just there each day there are a number of similar, simple mod_rewrite questions or problems.
I have noticed that there is not really many useful resources for mod_rewrite - and I end up typing out the same thing regularly to people having problems with their rewrites. Occasionally I also include an explanation of their problem, but it usually falls on deaf ears and I wonder why I wasted my time. So here is my time-saver, a resource of all the common mod_rewrite uses.
Here you can find a sensible, step-by-step explanation and guide to the power of mod_rewrite. I do not pretend to know it all, nor do I claim to be an expert in the field (as with almost any technology, it can become enormously complicated). I do promise that what you will find here will be accurate to the best of my knowledge.
This guide should cover 99% of regular mod_rewrite uses. If you are need anything further than that, the documentation covers everything at a more complex level.
On the tutorial pages, I have only included the relevant line when posting code. On the example pages, I repeat the entire code block required so that you can just do a copy and paste if you are not entirely comfortable with mod_rewrite yet.