.htaccess in forum root w/ exisiting .htaccess?

[OttoBomb]

I'm sure this is a newb question. I did a search without result.

My forums root is ww2f.com (as opposed to ww2f.com/forum/) and the install instructs me to install the .htaccess file into my forum root, but I already have an .htaccess file there.

What is the workaround here?

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hello,

in most cases you can simply append vBSEO's .htaccess to existing one. What is your current .htaccess contents?

[OttoBomb]

Thanks Oleg!

Here is my current .htacces file

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} .*jpg$|.*jpeg$|.*gif$|.*png$|.*bmp$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^[http|nttp].*$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !ww2n\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !ww2\.org [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !ww2f\.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ http://ww2f.com/images/leech.jpe [NC,L]

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.ww2f.com
AuthUserFile /XXX/public_html/_vti_pvt/XXX
AuthGroupFile /XXX/public_html/_vti_pvt/XXX

I had jut figured out that I need to combine the files. Right now I forsee a couple problems, the double

RewriteEngine On

line and the double

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}

sections.

I'm assuming that these might confict, any guidance is appreciated Oleg!

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

You can skip the second "RewriteEngine on" line and just insert the contents of vBSEO's .htaccess right before this line:

<Limit GET POST>

[OttoBomb]

Great stuff Oleg, you kick so much ass!

I edited .htaccess file, uploaded, and it immediately broke some image links in my forums. Once I imported the vBSEO package it worked like a charm.

I must say that I'm a complete newb about teh internets, but this install was certainly doable, even for me.

Now I'm going to closely monitor my activity and see how busy things get.

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Great!