URL problem with my new vBulletin installation

[Wayne Luke]

You need to set the RewriteBase line at the top of the file as specified in the comments. The vBulletin directory is trying to use the .htaccess for the parent directory which is causing problems. That line tells the server to ignore rewrites from the parent directories and only use the ones in the vBulletin .htaccess file.

So since your vBulletin is in the /vBulletin5/ directory the rewrite base line should be:
RewriteBase /vBulletin5/

[Sean James]

You're not using any of the required vBulletin 5 rewrite rules. We require that you use the provided .htaccess file that comes with vBulletin in order for the system to work. If you do not, then vBulletin doesn't know where to link.

All of the stuff in your existing file is custom and we cannot provide support for it.

Hey Wayne, thank you for your response,
Is there a .htaccess to use for the sites root directory even though my forum is located in /vBulletin5/ directory? There is a .htacess in my forum directory which I have not touched.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    # In some cases where you have other mod_rewrite rules, you may need to remove the 
    # comment on the following RewriteBase line and change it to match your folder name. 
    # This resets the other mod_rewrite rules for just this directory
    # If your site was www.example.com/forum, the setting would be /forum/
    #RewriteBase /

    #To redirect users to the secure version of your site, uncomment the lines below 
    #RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    #RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

    # Send css calls directly to the correct file VBV-7807
    RewriteRule ^css.php$ core/css.php [NC,L]

    # Redirect old install path to core.
    RewriteRule ^install/ core/install/ [NC,L]

    # Main Redirect
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|css)$
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?routestring=$1 [L,QSA]

    # Because admincp is an actual directory.
    RewriteRule ^(admincp/)$ index.php?routestring=$1 [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
                          text/javascript \
                          application/x-javascript \
                          application/javascript \
                          application/json \
                          application/rss+xml \
                          application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
                          application/x-font-ttf \
                          application/xhtml+xml \
                          application/xml \
                          font/opentype \
                          image/svg+xml \
                          image/x-icon \
                          text/css \
                          text/html \
                          text/plain \
                          text/x-component \
                          text/xml
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A1209600
    ExpiresByType text/javascript A1209600
    ExpiresByType application/javascript A1209600
    ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/icon A2592000
    ExpiresByType application/x-ico A2592000
    ExpiresByType application/ico A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg A1209600
    ExpiresByType image/jpg A1209600
    ExpiresByType image/png A1209600
    ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A1209600
    ExpiresByType font/ttf A2592000
    ExpiresByType font/otf A2592000
    ExpiresByType font/x-woff A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A2592000
    ExpiresByType font/truetype A2592000
    ExpiresByType font/opentype A2592000
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff A2592000
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A2592000
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Connection keep-alive
    <filesmatch "\.(ico|flv|gif|swf|eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
    </filesmatch>
    <filesmatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, public"
    </filesmatch>
    <filesmatch "\.(eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
    </filesmatch>
    # css and js should use private for proxy caching https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/caching#LeverageProxyCaching
    <filesmatch "\.(css)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, private"
    </filesmatch>
    <filesmatch "\.(js)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, private"
    </filesmatch>
</IfModule>

Thanks again

[Wayne Luke]

You're not using any of the required vBulletin 5 rewrite rules. We require that you use the provided .htaccess file that comes with vBulletin in order for the system to work. If you do not, then vBulletin doesn't know where to link.

All of the stuff in your existing file is custom and we cannot provide support for it.

[Sean James]

I am still having this issue, my host has checked my .htaccess and cannot find the issue, and I have created a vBulletin support ticket but they will not help me unless I pay for support

This is a clean install on vBulletin without any mods installed,

[Sean James]

That is what I thought as well, but I am unable to find the problem in my HTACCESS file

RewriteOptions inherit
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /forums/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
RewriteRule \.(js|css|jpeg|jpg|gif|png|ico|map)(\?|$) /forums/404error.php [L,NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
RewriteRule . /forums/index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "https\:\/\/www\.bluepearl\-skins\.com\/forums\/store" [R=301,L]

RewriteRule .*\.()$ - [F,NC]

RewriteRule .*\.()$ - [F,NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://bluepearl-skins.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://bluepearl-skins.com$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.bluepearl-skins.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.bluepearl-skins.com$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://bluepearl-skins.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://bluepearl-skins.com$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://www.bluepearl-skins.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https://www.bluepearl-skins.com$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ https://www.bluepearl-skins.com [R,NC]

[Mark.B]

You have some sort of custom redirect rule in place there.

[Sean James]

Hey!
Ive installed a new installation of vBulleitn5 on my server, but I am having issues with it loading, for example if I load the site using:
https://www.bluepearl-skins.com/vBulletin5/index.php I have no problems, but if I use:
https://www.bluepearl-skins.com/vBulletin5/ im redirected to my main site.

Any ideas? thanks!