Wordpress Themes - WP Forum at BFA - my htaccess is empty

Hi all,

My htaccess file is empty. It wasn't in the past (2-3 weeks ago before I upgraded to WP 2.82 and added a bunch of plugins to my current theme ATA)

The things is the site works just fine. No problem whatsoever, but I was trying to alter something in the htaccess file and discovered it didn't contained anything for me to change.

Question#1: Is it OK for a site to run without htaccess file?

Question #2: How do I obtain a new htaccess based on the specifications of the new upgraded site?
I do have an old copy of the old htaccess but I'm afraid to reupload it on the server (see below). Any suggestion what I can do. Thanks.
Herman

HTML Code:

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>



# END WordPress