[mike2902]

Question about the MOD rewrite instructions.....Here are the instructions as given

3. .htaccess edit (required for the mod_rewrite option)
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This step is only necessary if you are planning on using the mod_rewrite option to
rewrite the URLs. Please note that you will have to have mod_rewrite support enabled
on your server.

File: /.htaccess (If it does not exist, create it)

If the following two lines already exist, then skip ahead to the next edit, otherwise
add them at the end of the file

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
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Add the following lines at the end of the file
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RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]
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So if I understand this, I create a file in my forum root called .htaccess

Then open that file and add the following into it.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]