Thanks for the help but still no luck getting images to load on either the forum pages or html pages.
https://www.copdonline.net/Forum/
installed DMZ plugin......no change
board urls set to https
edited htacces file numerous times.......no success
here is current htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^copdonline\.net [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$
https://copdonline.net/$1 [R,L]
# Use PHP5.4 Single php.ini as default
# Changed PHP handler from
application/x-httpd-php54s to application/x-httpd-phpbetas on Wed
Dec 16 19:18:58 MST 2015.
AddHandler application/x-httpd-phpbetas
.php
# Original
# If you modify this file then change the above line
to: # Modified
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#
Certain hosts may require the following line.
# If vanilla is in
a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /.
# (ex. You
put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase
/forum)
# RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$
index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://copdonline.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://copdonline.net$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.copdonline.net/.*$
[NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.copdonline.net$
[NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]
any help or suggestions most appreciated