IWantItLikeXYZButIDontWantXYZ

= I Want It Like XYZ But I Don't Want XYZ =

So, you want everything to work like what you're used to. You want to harness the power of Nginx, without understanding the differences. You want mod_userdir in Apache to work in Nginx.

The problem is, it doesn't work that way. With every new technology comes new things to learn. This is part of new and different technology, it's new and different.

Instead of forcing you to learn the differences, the community has gone and made equivalents. Please don't just blindly use them. Read, understand, use.

Like Apache

 * .htaccess