Which .htaccess is correct?

Our host continues to have security breeches and our .htaccess file is being replaced with an altered file.

I got to looking today and for some reason I have two different .htaccess files and I'm not sure which one is the correct one to use...

Code:

Options All -Indexes

RewriteEngine on

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

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://hometheatershack.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://hometheatershack.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.hometheatershack.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.hometheatershack.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.snapbug.ws/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.snapbug.ws$ [NC]

RewriteRule .*\.(xls|cal|mpeg|mp3)$ http://hometheatershack.com/display.html [R,NC]

RewriteRule bfdguide/index\.html http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/bfd.php [L,R=301]

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

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

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}index\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule ^$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule .*\.(xls|cal|mpeg|mp3)$ http://hometheatershack.com/display.html [R,NC]

RewriteRule bfdguide/index\.html http://www.hometheatershack.com/forums/bfd.php [L,R=301]

Is Rewritebase / necessary... or how do I know if it's necessary... or would it hurt to have it in there?

The second one has more than the first, but I'm not sure what's needed and what's not. :dizzy:

Actually... I've tried both of these and several variations of each and I cannot get our home page to open... www.hometheatershack.com ... I get the following error:

Not Found
The requested URL /vbseo.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.hometheatershack.com Port 80

Okay... I deleted the .htaccess file in public_html and left it in public_html/forums ... is this where it needs to be? I also still need to make sure which one above is correct.

That should come in some type of instructions with the product. We are not all savvy on this type of thing. I'm not too thrilled right now since I just purchased this after much hype and when I open the zip files NOTHING tells me where to put the htaccess (I have one in the root already) so I didn't know until I read this thread where the one that comes with vbSEO should go.

Also am I suppose to have special powers and know if this requires an install.php, does it magically show up in my vBulletin ACP?

For the $$ you get, the least you could do is put some instructions in there for you novice customers.

I understand where to up the files to, but WHAT, it magically shows up in my CP.

That is my gripe there are NO instructions at all, in my zip file.

Just the folder I would not expect it to be in, since I'm not to use it, 'do not upload'.... great place for it!

Thanks for your reply Keith, I appreciate it.