Redirecting root to folder

I have a site where I'm trying to 301 all the root traffic to a folder.

I've tried,

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.domain.com/forums/$1 [R=301,L]

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But this end up redirecting to,

http://www.domain.com/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/forums/ etc etc etc

Anyone solved this before?

 

Yes,

Remove the index.html file in your root and make a index.php containing this:

<?php header("location:/forum/"); ?>

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Hope this helped you out!

 

Is it possible to do this without removing the index file? I'm trying to keep it there for a reason

 

You might be able to use this;

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url=/forum/">

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0 is the number of seconds you want it to load after it redirects to your forum...

Let me know if this worked...

 

Id' rather use a 301 redirect than a meta refresh, it can cause problems with SEO.
I appreciate your help though It's frustrating as I have seen this done before with a 301, I just can't for the life of me remember how it was done!

 

The easy solution is to turn RewriteEngine off in the sub-directory, but that's usually not an option.

This may work for you though, or at least be close.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/?forum
RewriteRule ^(.+)?$ http://domain.com/forum/$1 [QSA,R=301]

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I managed to find a solution,

RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://mydomain.com/php/index.php

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This worked fine

 

You don't need to catch anything other than a directory listing or index ?