title: How do I ignore a directory in mod_rewrite?
body: <p>I'm trying to have the modrewrite rules skip the directory <code>vip</code>. I've tried a number of things as you can see below, but to no avail.</p>
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  #RewriteRule ^vip$ - [PT]
  RewriteRule ^vip/.$ - [PT]
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/vip 
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  # END WordPress
  </code></pre>
  <p>How do I get modrewrite to entirely ignore the <code>/vip/</code> directory so that all requests pass directly to the folder?</p>
  <h3>Update:</h3>
  <p>As points of clarity:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>It's hosted on Dreamhost</li>
  <li>The folders are within a wordpress directory</li>
  <li>the /vip/ folder contains a webdav .htaccess etc (though I dont think this is important</li>
  </ul>