Thank you very much. It appears as if I was not even close. The first one was a mixture of a tool I had used and my own edits and the second one I wrote myself.
After looking at your code I am very lost.
--------------- Added 15 Jan 2014 at 05:28 ---------------
# - Update
Doesn't seem to work - I believe due to the current rewrite rules already on my htaccess, some of which are not working either.
PHP Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule f([\d]+)/ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L,R=301]
# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.musclemecca\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://musclemecca.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
# If you are having problems with the rewrite from content/ to content.php, uncomment this line to turn MultiViews off.
Options -MultiViews
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
# Check MVC result
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [R=404,L]
## Expires
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>
## Compression
<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>
## Rewrites
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# Media Library
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]
# Media Library from Video Directory
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php
# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
</ifmodule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch "\.(bmp|css|flv|gif|ico|jpg|jpeg|js|pdf|png|svg|swf|tif|tiff)$">
Header set Last-Modified "Mon, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT"
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
Thanks again for the reply,
Rich