remove forum.php

[Chad]

How do I get rid of forum.php on the homepage? Anytime I go to talkjesus.com or www.talkjesus.com it adds forum.php at the end on the homepage. I don't want that. I already have forum home options in admin set to "index", but I want it solely www.talkjesus.com. No php file name at the end. My htaccess is below. My forum is installed in root folder, not /forum.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.talkjesus\.com
RewriteRule (.*)  http://www.talkjesus.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(xxxxx/|xxxxx/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ dbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(xxxxx|xxxxx|clientscript|cpstyles|images|gallery)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ dbseo.php [L,QSA]

## Rewrites
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    Options +FollowSymlinks

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

    # Forum
    RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
    RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
    RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
    RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
    ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ /s/yourls-loader.php [L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

    # MVC
    RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
    
</ifmodule>

## Expires
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 year"
</ifModule>

#Deny attempts to view the Htaccess file.
<Files .htaccess>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

[Wayne Luke]

Delete index.php

Rename forum.php to index.php.

[donald1234]

...or you can redirect /forum.php to root.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*forum\.(html|php)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)forum\.(html|php)?$ http://www.yoursite.com$1 [R=301,L]