[tommythejoat]

When I run the load tests I get a failing score in browser caching so I would like to improve that.

This statement at the top of your .htaccess file confuses me.

# This file is only needed if you have set the Forum Component URL in your admincp and you are
# using the mod_rewrite option for friendly urls. If this is the case, copy this file
# to your forum component stub directory.

We run our forums in the web root, no subdirectory. If I turn on mod-rewrite friendly url's in AdminCP my board goes into an endless load loop. We are currently using basic friendly url's

We have a mod in place from a long ago import process that translates foreign references to our old message board location to the current location with translations of post, thread, etc. id's from the old values before import to the current imported values.

I know I should do a bulk edit and replace all those old url's with the current ones, but it is quite a bit of work.

I am hoping there is some way I can get to better browser caching with a bit less work than a bulk edit of 11 years of threads and posts.