title: Trying to Redirect my Website
body: <p>So I'm trying to figure out how I can redirect my website to go straight to the <code>/forum</code> directory. As it stands, searching <code>avianrp.com</code> takes me to an Index.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried several different methods. All I'm assuming involves me putting the code into the <code>.htaccess</code>. This is the raw <code>.htaccess</code> in my <code>/forum</code> area, I removed any code that didn't seem to work. Am I supposed to create a new folder, or did I do something wrong? Thanks.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Options -MultiViews +FollowSymlinks -Indexes
  
  #
  # If mod_security is enabled, attempt to disable it.
  # - Note, this will work on the majority of hosts but on
  #   MediaTemple, it is known to cause random Internal Server
  #   errors. For MediaTemple, please remove the block below
  #
  &lt;IfModule mod_security.c&gt;
      # Turn off mod_security filtering.
      SecFilterEngine Off
  
      # The below probably isn't needed, but better safe than sorry.
      SecFilterScanPOST Off
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # MyBB "search engine friendly" URL rewrites
  # - Note, for these to work with MyBB please make sure you have
  #   the setting enabled in the Admin CP and you have this file
  #   named .htaccess
  #
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      RewriteEngine on
      RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$1 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&amp;page=$2 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;page=$2 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-lastpost\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;action=lastpost [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-nextnewest\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;action=nextnewest [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-nextoldest\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;action=nextoldest [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-newpost\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;action=newpost [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^thread-([0-9]+)-post-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?tid=$1&amp;pid=$2 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^post-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?pid=$1 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^announcement-([0-9]+)\.html$ announcements.php?aid=$1 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^user-([0-9]+)\.html$ member.php?action=profile&amp;uid=$1 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?calendar=$1 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?calendar=$1&amp;year=$2&amp;month=$3 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)-day-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=dayview&amp;calendar=$1&amp;year=$2&amp;month=$3&amp;day=$4 [L,QSA]
      RewriteRule ^calendar-([0-9]+)-week-(n?[0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=weekview&amp;calendar=$1&amp;week=$2 [L,QSA]
  
      RewriteRule ^event-([0-9]+)\.html$ calendar.php?action=event&amp;eid=$1 [L,QSA]
  
      &lt;IfModule mod_env.c&gt;
          SetEnv SEO_SUPPORT 1
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # If Apache is compiled with built in mod_deflade/GZIP support
  # then GZIP Javascript, CSS, HTML and XML so they're sent to
  # the client faster.
  #
  &lt;IfModule mod_deflate.c&gt;
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript text/css text/html text/xml
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # Note: You are able to choose a different name in the Admin CP. If you've done that you need to change it here too
  &lt;Files "error.log"&gt;
      Order Deny,Allow
      Deny from all
  &lt;/Files&gt;
  </code></pre>