htaccess rewrite issue

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by ikopylov

No, this is not last question. I know ...

# First Lines:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

###########################################################
#
# Attention!
# read this block carefully:
#
#
# At this put all lines which work with forumdisplay.php
#
#
# At this put all lines which work with showthread.php
#
###########################################################

# Lines for new url with stars ***

Redirect 301 /f226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802/index2.html http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013/page2
Redirect 301 /f226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802/index3.html http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013/page3
Redirect 301 /f226/official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-standings-thread-2013-a-220802 http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/220802-***official-mecca-top-6-guess-rules-amp-standings-thread***-2013

# Line for thread which live in forums with this constuction: fxxx (f226)

RedirectMatch 301 ^/f([0-9]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)-([0-9]+)/$ http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/$2-$3

# Line for thread who did not get into any rule redirects

RedirectMatch 301 ^/([a-z-]+)-([0-9]+)/([a-z0-9-]+)-([0-9]+)$ http://musclemecca.com/showthread.php/$4

Do these go inside the forum directories or in the root htaccess?

Thanks!