Question Custom rewrite rule syntax help

[benjones]

Can you help me with a custom rewrite rule to redirect from forum.php so that the homepage URL will look like this
"http://mydomain.com/" instead of this "http://mydomain.com/forum.php"

I've tried also sorts of settings in custom rewrites in DBSEO and amending rewrite rules in .htaccess without success

 

[Fillip H.]

You can achieve this by setting "Force Forum Directory Index" to Yes in DBSEO's rewrite setting

 

[benjones]

You can achieve this by setting "Force Forum Directory Index" to Yes in DBSEO's rewrite setting

Thanks - I know and I have that set. I obviously have a legacy issue from VBSEO that is doing something in my .htaccess file to overwrite this setting. Using the custom rewrite does seem to overcome this so I can reset my homepage to "http://mydomain.com/home" for example but cannot get "http://mydomain.com" to work

 

[Fillip H.]

If you show me the contents of your .htaccess files (if you have your forum in a sub-folder, please also show me the parent folder's .htaccess file) I may be able to find it

 

[benjones]

sorry to bump - anybody got any further suggestions on this issue?

 

[RedWS600]

Post the contents of the .htaccess file, someone may be able to spot the issue in there.