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BWes wrote: My .htaccess file is 3.13k

Then you are either using something other than the "standard" Joomla-supplied .htaccess file or you have customised it in some way by adding extra .htaccess directives. I don't "speak" .htaccess-language. I wouldn't know how. I just use the standard Joomla .htaccess and SEO works fine for me (and works fine for the majority of Joomla websites built on Unix). If you need something different then that's OK but that's something you have obviously thought about, researched and implemented because the standard Joomla .htaccess file may not fit your specific requirements.

My suggestion is to try the standard .htaccess file and see if it solves your problems of redirection. Another way to fix your problems is to make use of cPanel (or whatever tools your webhost provided you) to transform your site into a sub-domain and you will probably find that the standard .htaccess file will work for you.

For instance, let's say your forum is located at mysite.com/site-folder/forum. If you transform your site into site-folder.mysite.com then your forum would be located at site-folder.mysite.com/forum (assuming you are using a standard, the standard Joomla SEO technique). That's what I would do in your situation. Does this help?

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