Sorry, I read that again. I didn't explain very well..
I've already got mod_rewrite in effect on the forum. But I don't know how to change the rewrite to remove /forum/ from it. because it's a part of the forum scripts also...
I'll show you what i mean...
http://techfeck.com when that's loaded. it shows just that in the address bar..
When a message is clicked. It changes to
http://techfeck.com/forum/m-1219989258/
note the /forum/ that's what i'm trying to remove...
When you click "home" again to return from the thread, to the forums index. It changes to
http://techfeck.com/forum/
not
http://techfeck.com/ as i'd like...
Have a click around the forum, I think that cleared it up. As i think i'm right in saying you can rewrite a rewrite rule? So one mod_rewrite in a cirtain directory can rewrite the urls of that directory and then a mod_rewrite in the directory above it will rewrite those rules... globally..
I hope I've explained better this time...
I did try removing the /forum/ from the htaccess file for the rewrite already in place but it didn't work.. Because the rewrite in place now changes the script name to /forum/ and it's also in the Perl files for the forum software..
There is only one -forum- that was just me being silly... have a click around, You'll see what i mean... i want the end result to be
http://techfeck.com/
http://techfeck.com/m-1219989258/ when a thread is clicked. then back to the above, when the home button is clicked to return to the index...
I really appreciate your help Richard. I hope I've explained well..