VB showing index page instead of home page

[RichieBoy67]

This was the thread I thought I was just responding to in another thread.

OP-Post the contents of your root htaccess here please

[loua_oz]

it was in post #8.

Contents of .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?mysite.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ forums

it is in /public_html directory.

www.srbijadotokija.com now goes nowhere.

[ForceHSS]

Works for me. I did notice you have done your sections wrong, it really does look a mess

Try this htaccess file I done for you. If you have any custom things add them but do save a copy of the one you have

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by loua_oz

it was in post #8.

Contents of .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?mysite.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ forums

it is in /public_html directory.

www.srbijadotokija.com now goes nowhere.

works for me too..

[loua_oz]

Copied content of the provided .htaccess file, still

HTTP 404 not found

"The web page cannot be found"


if I try

www.srbijadotokija.com/forums

it goes as expected.

[ForceHSS]

Don't copy what is in the file just upload it and overwrite the one you have. Also what are you using to edit your files and what do you have in your admincp/Site Name / URL / Contact Details/Forum URL

[ForceHSS]

I see your problem you have all your files inside a folder called forums in your ftp try this htaccess file but just upload it over writing the one you have. You really would be best to keep all files outside the forum folder in other words have no folder called forums but its done now

[loua_oz]

downloaded the .htaccess file, unzipped and uploaded to /public_html using FileZilla.

Still same (HTTP not found 404) unless I use www.srbijadotokija.com/forums

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Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Don't copy what is in the file just upload it and overwrite the one you have. Also what are you using to edit your files and what do you have in your admincp/Site Name / URL / Contact Details/Forum URL

webhostinghub (the provider) have CPanel with editor and code editor. When editing anything, using their tools.

[Lynne]

I guess that list of directories if I go to your root at http://www.srbijadotokija.com/ . Do you have an index.html or index.php file in the root directory (I am not talking about in the /forum directory)?

[loua_oz]

There are only directories and 1 file: .htaccess provided in this thread in the root directory.

No index.html or index.php in root.

.htaccess file , 3 leading lines are

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^srbijadotokija.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.srbijadotokija.com/forums/$1 [R=301,L]



(it is much longer)

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Far out...

seems it's IE 11 that was causing failures to whatever I have tried.

Now, my old .htaccess works, new one provided by ForceHSS works as well.

The original problem was that .htaccess file somehow ended up in /public_html/forums/ directory.
When I moved it to /public_html then a totally unrelated problem started happening:
- The laptop where it did not work has IE 11 browser.
- Another desktop, has IE 10 and it was not working there.
- The laptop where it works has IE 8 browser, but that one was not used for testing what was being changed. When I did, presto!

When you guys said "works for me" I should have realized you could be using Firefox or whatever else.

Thanks to all who replied.

The moral of the story could be:
- ensure .htaccess is in the root directory
- try different browser