.htaccess recommendations

Hi, my site is laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum


right now i have an index.htm file in the root www for my domain folder and the .htaccess in the this folder has these contents:

redirect 301 /index.htm hxxp://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/


vbseo comes with an htaccess file.. should i put this file it comes with in the root of my www folder, or

htxp://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum


Other question about the htaccess file: (do i replace the modcp and admincp with new folder names if i had changed them)?


# 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?sit
emap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
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 advise

thanks!

You should not add that line , it is not needed

here is my current config for Laser Pointer Forums - Discuss Lasers & Laser Pointers





# 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\.laserpointerforums\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

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

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(adminprivateblahblah|privateblahblah|clientsc
ript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


i am using the vbseo site map modification as well

does everything look ok? (note: why don't i need to change the URLs for admin and modcp if those folders don't exist?) a little confused about this

thanks for your help

You can change the following lines

Code:

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.laserpointerforums\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

with the following one

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.laserpointerforums\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/$1 [L,R=301]