I think I don't understand exactly how .htaccess rewrite work, so I am asking for your help. I need to change <http://www.mywebsite.com/index.php?name=first> to <http://www.mywebsite.com/first> . 
Is this possible?
My current .htaccess file's content is:

```
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /index.php?menu=$1 [L]

```

Obviously it's not working. What would the .htaccess file's content be?