okay i already have mod_rewrite so what do i do for the first step something like this ?

That's correct as long as your foums are in the web root. If not, you need to change those to something like:

okay gonna implement this now hehe

okay installed one problem i sthe showthread links for

Go to first unread post go to

http://animeboards.com/# now
also

Admin options for

split

merge

move

stick/unstick threads all don't work

as well as view mod queue, view attachment queue etc

they are redirect to my front page since i have an htaccess for error redirects to my front page

Not sure what you mean here.
I really can't see how the changes could in anyway affect these. You did only change the links in the forumhome and forumdisplay templates right?

The links you're talking about don't even point to pages that use these templates. they are still in their original form and point to postings.php.

well i'm using the drop downmenu version of the admin options

for the other problem i.e.

this thread the link to

http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthrea...114233#newpost

goes to

http://vbulletin.com/forum/# on my forum

Show me the Rewrite directives you put in your httpd.conf.

And what's this admin drop down options thingy you're talking about?

And the only templates changed were the ones in the instructions. One occurance in each template?

okay i fixed the goto new or unread thread link by editing the showthread_firstunread template

but it seems the admin options drop down menu takes the relavtive url of the thread

so if it's

http://animeboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18752

it will work but

http://animeboards.com/t18752/s.html will

look for

http://animeboards.com/t18752/s.html/postings.php or something

these

and this