I'd like to address all the people reporting problems. It's obvious these scripts have certain problems with various server configurations. Thrillnetwork proves this even further, when after upgrading to Redhat 8.0, their archive won't work now. I really don't know what to say. I am trying to figure out what the problem is and i've even asked more l33t programmers and no one seems to know. So I guess, bottom line is, if you can get this hack to work for you (which it seems like most people can) then congrats. If not, please, keep posting your errors here and I AM working on fixing it, but for now i'd suggest looking over some of the tips already posted in this thread about things needed in httpd.conf - Also, if your archive isn't working, try changing the two file names (topic / forum) to "topic.php" and "forum.php" then see if the url will work like that (IE:
http://www.blah.com/forum.php/100.html) .... if it works after you rename them to PHP, then that means it IS a .htaccess error. Make sure your server supports the .htaccess you're trying to use. I'm not a pro on this command, but it's ForceType application/x-httpd-php ... so obviously the httpd.conf file is required and perhaps some hosts have it disabled. I have a feeling this is the problem many are suffering from. I will look into it more.