Custom Home page

[somasimple]

Hi,

I followed all the instructions of this page =>

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/articles/vbulletin-5-connect-aa/vbulletin-5-tutorials-aa/4025039-vb5-how-to-create-a-custom-home-page

added the specified code below

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite\.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^$ forum/home [L]

Modified as said in the topic =>

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

but there is an error because it fails with a TOO MANY REDIRECT ERROR
Is there a mistake I made?

Thanks

[Mark.B]

You already have a page at that location...in the first instance there needs to be nothing else there.

[somasimple]

You already have a page at that location...in the first instance there needs to be nothing else there.

Yes, that's the page I created and and want as homepage!
I followed the tutorial...
So I do not understand what you're saying???

[Mark.B]

But you have this in the root:

https://www.somasimple.com/index.htm

You need to move that first before you attempt any redirects.

[somasimple]

Ahhhh, that's right!

[somasimple]

But you have this in the root:

https://www.somasimple.com/index.htm

You need to move that first before you attempt any redirects.

Tried this and added the code

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

But it does not work (blank page).
Perhaps is there an error in the above code I wrote?

[somasimple]

Hi,
I followed all the instructions of this page =>
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/arti...stom-home-page

from the above page:

Now that we've created the page, we need to make the root domain redirect to this page, and to do this we need to edit the .htaccess file in the root folder for your site.

My actual .htaccess file is located inside the forum folder and not at the root of the site.

May I move it at the root of the site?

[somasimple]

Found my response;

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/preparefiles_windows

[somasimple]

But I suppose I must change the rewritebase setting before moving the file?

[somasimple]

Solved partially:
Added an .htaccess file in the root folder with the above code and let in place the other in the forums' folder.
But the home page works but it points to the article channel instead of the forums?
Is there a way to change that?
Thanks

[somasimple]

It does not work since a forum page is now without the /forums extension and contains links that fail and messes the forums: unable to login etc !!!