Links:
mod_rewrite CookbookPractical mod_perl: mod_rewrite Examples.
What I use here to emulate static pages:
RewriteEngine On RewriteRule /(img|download)/.* - [L] RewriteRule ^/(.+)/index\.html$ /?t=TOPIC&topic=$1 [PT] RewriteRule ^/(.+)/(.+)\.html$ /?t=STORY&topic=$1&id=$2 [PT] RewriteRule ^/(.+)/$ /?t=TOPIC&topic=$1 [PT] RewriteRule ^/rss\.xml$ /?t=RSS [PT] RewriteRule ^/sitemap\.xml$ /?t=SITEMAP [PT]