[.htaccess Modrewrite - Directory Index Conflict]

My website works perfectly now!

Thank you for the help, Alex! It's much appreciated.

[.htaccess Modrewrite - Directory Index Conflict]

Hi, people of the forums!

 

I'm fiddling with my .htaccess file, and I've run into some issues.

 

Before I continue, please note that I know next to nothing about .htaccess files, my apologies!

 

Now, originally a nice support rep fixed my previous .htaccess file, using this code.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /

  RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.html\ HTTP
  RewriteRule (.*)\.html$ $1 [R=301]

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
  RewriteRule (.*) $1\.html [L]
</IfModule>

It works splendidly!

 

However, I wanted a trailing slash at the end of the url. With this code, it displays "websitedotcom/about," when I'd rather "websitedotcom/about/"

 

It's a small issue, but it DOES return with an error if I try to add a trailing slash to the url. I could use permanent redirects to fix it, but I have a lot of pages to fix.

 

So, in my quest for finding codes to add a trailing slash, I tried this code that I found online.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.html
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

This works well too! Except for one problem.

 

I have 2 folders and 1 subdomain. The folders are using index.html files, and I specify them in links as their directory name. (websitedotcom/directoryindex/, which is an index.html)

 

The subdomain is for my forum, websitedotcom/forum/

 

Now, when I try to click websitedotcom/directoryindex/ or websitedotcom/forum/, I get a 404 error page, and I'm assuming this is because the codes I used edit out the .html file extension, add a trailing slash to it. SO, the code either doesn't find the websitedotcom/directoryindex/ folder because it's a folder, not an html file, or it's conflicting some how by editing it to websitedotcom/directoryindex//

 

I'll use the original code for now until I find a better solution. It's not exactly a dire problem, I was just curious as to why the new code conflicts with directory index files, and what a possible fix would be in order to display index files properly, while still having other html pages having a trailing slash.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Properly Adding A Forum To Wordpress Site]

Thank you Thomas and Bruce!

 

I hope you two are having a lovely day.

[Properly Adding A Forum To Wordpress Site]

Hello good sir!

Thanks for your reply and advice! I think from now on, I'll just go ahead and set up a separate database for the forum with it's own user.

 

I'll save this information for future reference.

 

I'm trying to keep things simple (since I'm not sure how to do a lot of the more advanced stuff) so super integration isn't a big concern.

[Properly Adding A Forum To Wordpress Site]

Hello! I hope everyone is having a splendid day.

 

Overview

Now, I've spent some time noodling around with Wordpress and MyBB, and trying to figure out the best way to have them behave together as one site. I have the official site that I'm working on, hosted on the Shared Hosting server plan that I bought a few weeks ago, and I have it running wordpress already. (Which will be the front end of the website. I have it situated so that it displays like a static website, and has a blogging section.)

 

On a separate server that I'm using for testing, I uploaded MyBB to the same database as the wordpress site, in a subfolder of the root directory. (I added it manually from the cpPanel. I called it 'forums.')

In this database, I have a user for the Wordpress site and a user for the MyBB forum site. It seems to be working okay.

 

NOW.

 

Onto my questions!

Question 1

If I want to run Wordpress as the main site and add a MyBB forum under a subdomain, (mysite.com/forum) should I set up two different databases for each one? With their own designated database user?

 

Question 2

Is it okay to upload a MyBB forum to a 'forum' subdirectory in the root directory, where all the wordpress stuff is?

 

Question 3

Can Wordpress and MyBB share a database and database user? Can they share a database, but do they need different database users?

 

Question 4

In short, what is the best way to set up wordpress as the main site, with a forum added to it? (With out using too many wordpress plugins?)

 

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Info

- I don't mind if users need to independently sign up to each version of the site. (Wordpress site, Forum.)

- I'm not interested in the wordpress forum plugins. I'll test those later on my test site.

- I'll be manually linking the forum subdomain to the main site, and vice versa.

- I already figured out how to actually install the forum, I just need to know which is a best set up for my website.

 

- ALSO, I'm not terribly well versed in website, server and web designing terms and phrases! I know how some stuff works, but I'm still learning.

 

If there are any questions, or if I need to clarify anything, let me know.
Thanks!