Problem with htaccess I beleive - main page is blank others are fine

If you go to http://www.site.com/forum/ my site is blank if you go to http://www.site.com/forum/index.php all is OK and you can navigate through the forum no problem including sub pages and the sub-forums. However most home links point to http://www.site.com/forum/ so google is seeing a blank page. I am using PHPFox and Vbulletin 3.x

Here is what I have in my .htaccess in both the site root and forum root

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

redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum/ http://www.site.com/forum/index.php
redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum http://www.site.com/forum/index.php
redirect 301 http://site.com/forum/ http://www.site.com/forum/index.php

Any help would be appreciated.

What is your full .htaccess content ?

This is the one in the root of the site

# deny from all
# allow from 66.162.9.208 #IP

# php_value max_input_time -1
# php_flag display_errors On
redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum/ http://www.site.com/forum/index.php
redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum http://www.site.com/forum/



ErrorDocument 403 /index.php?do=/public/error/403/
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?do=/public/error/404/

RewriteEngine On
##RewriteRule ^arcade/gamedata/$ /file/arcade/gamedata/ [L]
RewriteRule ^arcade/gamedata/(.*) /file/arcade/gamedata/$1 [L]

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteRule ^gallery/thumb/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/thumb/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^gallery/large/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^gallery/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/$1_view.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/phpinfo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/radio.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/LiveSearchSiteAuth.xml
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/y_key_f8d71cee00449ecf.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/ad80199f014ac85eff7bd27cf650b16a.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/banners/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/googleef3507716994ceba.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/Kleur.swf
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/morumbasiplayer4.swf.swf
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/file/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/install/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/design/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/rpc_relay.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/canvas.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/login/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/finish_auth.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/plugins/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots.txt
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/rpc_relay.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/canvas.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/login/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/favicon.ico
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/forum/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/prochatrooms/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/chat/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/footerbar/.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?do=/$1 [L]


RewriteRule ^gallery/thumb/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/thumb/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^gallery/large/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^gallery/([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]*).jpg$ /file/pic/gallery/$1_view.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/phpinfo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/LiveSearchSiteAuth.xml
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/install/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/y_key_f8d71cee00449ecf.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/ad80199f014ac85eff7bd27cf650b16a.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/design/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/plugins/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/radio.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/banners/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/googleef3507716994ceba.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/morumbasi.swf
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/morumbasiplayer4.swf
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/file/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots.txt
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/favicon.ico
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/forum/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/rpc_relay.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/canvas.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/login/xd_receiver.htm
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/finish_auth.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/prochatrooms/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/chat/.*
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/footerbar/.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?do=/$1 [L]

This is the one in the forums

# 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

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

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

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


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


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|gallery/|useralbums/)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(cgi-bin/php.cgi/)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

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



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




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

What happens if you use following .htaccess only ?

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|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
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]

where is the forums or the site root ?

When I use that as the .htaccess for the forum same thing happens.

Please enable RewriteBase on both of your .htaccess files.

On your root you should use

RewriteBase /

on forum

RewriteBase /forum/

That did not help either

What happens if you remove following lines from both root and forum .htaccess

Code:

redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum/ http://www.site.com/forum/index.php
redirect 301 http://www.site.com/forum http://www.site.com/forum/index.php
redirect 301 http://site.com/forum/ http://www.site.com/forum/index.php

same thing how can a simple redirect not work ??

Hello,

It looks to me that there's a blank index.html file. Could you please check that as well?.

Thanks that was it no idea how that got there but the date on it was in 2010 - problem solved thanks again

Excellent!

We are glad to help.