Question

I have created a website using IPB which I believe is written in PHP, the URL is the forum at present is
what I would like is the URL to be rewritten to

and when user go to the index for force user to use instead of

any help with be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled and AllowOverride All is set in your conf file, and put these rules in the .htaccess file in the root of your web directory:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thereviewforum.com/$1 [R]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^thereviewforum
RewriteRule ^forum(.*) http://community.thereviewforum.com$1 [R,L]

EDIT with full .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^thereviewforum.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thereviewforum.com/$1 [R] 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.thereviewforum 
RewriteRule ^forum/?(.*) http://community.thereviewforum.com/$1 [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !.*\.(jpeg|jpg|gif|png|ico)$ 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]