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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (2.5.4)
PHP version: (5.2.17)
MySQL version: (5.1.49)
Host: (vServer HostEurope)
Admin Tools version: (2.2.5)

Description of my issue:

Hello,

first of all: at this point of tim everything works fine, except redirection.

I run Joomla! with p8pBB-bridge for phpBB3. Before Admin-Tools-installation users could visit the phpBB-board via www.burn-out-forum.de/forum. phpBB was and is located in a Joomla! subfolder named phpBB3. When a user went to www.burn-out-forum.de/phpBB3 (no matter whether / at the end or not), he was redirected to www.burn-out-forum.de/forum an everything was fine.

Since I installed Admin-Tools, this redirection works wrong. When going to www.burn-out-forum.de/forum/ or www.burn-out-forum.de/phpBB3/ (both with / at the end), the board will be shown in stand-alone-version. Result is "crashed" template an wrong links in mails ...

I did a lot of experiments with .htaccess redirection. I want everybody redirected to www.burn-out-forum.de/forum who tries to visit it with / at the end. I could not find a solution and would be happy, if there would be one. I found out, that I am not alone with this problem.

Okay, I deactivated all options from .htaccess-maker, one after the other. No effect. But when I deleted the entry "phpBB3" from "fine-tuning" - "exceptions" - "allow direct access including .php-files", the redirection works fine. In that case the template from phpBB3 is completely crashed. The rest seems to work, but it looks horrible.

I tried to put every directory in the exceptions (phpBB3/adm - phpBB3/cache ...) with no effect.

I paste a copy form the bridge redirections. It think, there is an conflict with the first two lines:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3(\/?)$
RewriteRule (.*) /forum [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/index.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^/phpBB3/ucp.php
RewriteRule (.*) ^/forum/user?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/viewforum.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/forum?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/viewtopic.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/topic?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/memberlist.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/members?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/report.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/report?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/posting.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/post?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} /phpBB3/mcp.php
RewriteRule (.*) /forum/moderator?%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]

I am very bad in .thaccess-matters. I hope, you can help me. Some users use the wrong adress. Everytime when they write a post, many wrong links will be sent by mail to other users. This problem is growing.

Regards
Jürgen

Okay, I tried and it worked. I tried so many hints and endless changes in .htaccess. Nobody hat your idea. But you were right. I am really very grateful! Thank you very mutch!