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I've seen a lot of thread with this concern, but I'm still having trouble with the issue. I'd like to make it so the sub-directory is in the main directory. For example I have this in my .htaccess file located in public_html also in my sub-directory in /forum

I'd also like to know if there is a better way of redirecting and how to fix the missing images from the redirect.

DirectoryIndex forum/portal.php index.php
 RewriteRule ^$ /forum/portal.php [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^$ /forum/member.php [L,QSA]

Inside the sub-directory on my website:



Outside the sub-directory on my website: (where it should be directed from the code above)



P.S. Sorry I'm fairly new with all of this, please don't be harsh.
P.S.S. Thanks for any help.

for the images links you can use {$mybb->settings['bburl']} as the base. see example below

<li><a href="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/search.php"><img src="{$mybb->settings['bburl']}/images/toplinks/search.gif" alt="" title="" />{$lang->toplinks_search}</a></li>