Help, what is the right htaccess, to direct to forum home file forum.php?

[basketmen]

guys, i have a problem

my forum home file is forum.php

i want www.domain.com is directed to the www.domain.com/forum.php









i can do it when still using vbseo 3.1.0 before using this htaccess rule :

RewriteRule ^$ forum.php

but i cant use that rule again after using vbseo 3.2.0, because its looks like that rule conflict with this default vbseo 3.2.0 default htaccess in red :

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

please help how is the correct rule so both rule not conflict (maybe joining them)





i must found the answer, please help guys, if i cant found the answer maybe i need to open support ticket, it is better public now the answer, because a lot people using forum.php as a forum home

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hello,

you should add the same rewrite rules you used before + change the line you highlighted in red color with:

RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]