I am stuck!

hi there,

I have my forums in domain root. I'm using vba cmps too.

I am facing a problem where entering domain root in browser goes to index.php i.e. forums index page. I want it to go to portal.php instead (cmps page). This problem started happening just now after installing vbseo.

1. I have DirectoryIndex portal.php in .htaccess
2. I disabled Force Forum Root as Homepage?
3. I have my Homepage URL set to portal.php

STILL its going to forum index rather than portal.php

You can check my URL in sig for the problem

Thanks

I have created a CRR for index.php -> forum/

Now "forum/" and "/" both point to index.php

Can't understand why index.php is forced to act as homepage.

Hello,

what is your full .htaccess file content?

I think you will need to rename portal.php to index.php so root opens your portal homepage.

Then rename your vBUlletin index.php to say forum.php and doo the appropriate change in vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options. Change from index to forum

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

what is your full .htaccess file content?

hi oleg,

my .htaccess:-

Code:

# 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]

As you can see there's nothing new in it except the first few lines which are necessary. I have exactly the same .htaccess on my second site which runs fine.

Originally Posted by rant boss

I think you will need to rename portal.php to index.php so root opens your portal homepage.

Then rename your vBUlletin index.php to say forum.php and doo the appropriate change in vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options. Change from index to forum

But i don't think renaming is necessary. I have exactly the same setup on my tech site, but i don't face any problems there. The only difference is that it is in forums/, but that should not be a problem i think.

Try to replace this line:

Code:

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

with:

Code:

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

Also, you don't have "DirectoryIndex portal.php" in it?

NOW.... that was actually amazing of you sir. You always solve problems at once.

Yes, I did remove Directoryindex as having it or not having it was not making any difference. BUT your replacement line ALONGWITH DirectoryIndex portal.php solved the problem

Btw sir, can you please tell me:-

1. I understand DirectoryIndex but what did that replacement do ? I mean how did the htaccess code change solved the problem?

2. And why it does not happen in my other site where I have exactly the same setup except that the forum is in forums/ and I do not have Directory index in it. Still it works good.

I just created a CRR for "portal.php" -> "/" and it all looks good now. Can you please browse the site for a minute and tell if things are running fine for you plz. Thank you sir!

1. I understand DirectoryIndex but what did that replacement do ? I mean how did the htaccess code change solved the problem?

With old code vBSEO preprocessed the domain.com/ URL and called index.php file instead of portal.php since it doesn't support custom directoryindex directives.

I just created a CRR for "portal.php" -> "/" and it all looks good now. Can you please browse the site for a minute and tell if things are running fine for you plz. Thank you sir!

Yes, that should work too. Your site seems to be running fine for me.