Hello, I am trying to do a url rewrite for the URL:
http://www.lakeeffekt.com/launch/ind...board&Itemid=6

to:
http://www.lakeeffekt.com/launch/forum/

I have so far:

RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^index\.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=6$ /forum/index.php [R=301,L]

It does not seem to be working. Does anyone have suggestions? note: I cannot setup a regular redirect due to the nature of the site.

I have so far:

RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^index\.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=6$ /forum/index.php [R=301,L]

It does not seem to be working. Does anyone have suggestions? note: I cannot setup a regular redirect due to the nature of the site.

Is the Apache Mod-Rewrite module enabled? If so, try putting your code on two lines. i.e.

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^index\.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=6$ /forum/index.php [R=301,L]

It is definitally enabled. I tried your suggestion and it still has no effect... =/

I admit I'm no expert on this. (I hope one shows up here. )

But that forward slash after the first instance of the word index seems out of place. I'll assume the .htaccess file is in the launch subdirectory so I'd drop the slash in front of the target URL.