PHPBB and Domain issues. Apache. Educative.

[cmptch]

I was having issues some time ago with a sort of portal system called EzPortal on a test board. (I set up a domain specifically for me to test stuff. I need to ensure that everthing will have the exact same conditions.)

The education is as follows:
I need to load portal.php instead of index.php
I have both an index.php and a portal.php
The URL is simply the domain name.

The server is an Apache Server, hosted by netfirms.
I could not use a DirectoryIndex directive. (mod_dir) it is not allowed by my web host.
I know that index.php is the first to load, and as far as I know there is no other way of change the indexing priority.

If I used the REWRITE ENGINE (mod_rewrite) than I would load the portal.php as a replacement of the index.php, and my forum index will not display.

I set up forwarding pages for all index type pages, and came to the conclusion that index.php had absolute priority over all others.

My Solution:
I created a directory within my domain for my forum. example: opendevsource.net/forum/
I setup a mod_rewrite to send opendevsource.net/index.php to opendevsource.net/forum/portal.php



***I'm done now***
If this is hard to understand, let me know so I may clarify the post. My thought process tends to be very difficult to follow. I used to dream in basic, you know.

[Spock]

I taught myself Basic back in the early 70's and used to dream first in FORTRAN IV and later in dBase/Clipper.

If I understood correctly, you simply set your index.php to execute your portal.php whenever it was invoked.

[cmptch]

basically yes.
I actually had to invoke a different directory to acheive the goals I wanted.

and you also must get as bored as I, being up this late.

[Spock]

... and you also must get as bored as I, being up this late.

Actually, I seem to work around a 36 hour day. As long as I get at least 6 hours sleep I'm ok though but my "day" does tend to rotate somewhat.

[Ben Last]

I used to dream in basic, you know.

Hey, nice to see there are some others who know BASIC, I started out with QBasic and have since moved into Visual Basic and have also been building a website using ASP.

ASP or Active Server Pages for those who don't know is a scripting language based on BASIC for creating dynamic webpages, it's pretty cool and well worth a try.

[cmptch]

In High School I took Visual Basic. The problem was I already knew it, So I spent my time in class learning Java/Java Script(there was no 1.0 designation at the time. Then I got into a networking class, and decided that I liked harware better than software. Since then I've pretty much forgotten how to program.

Now I'm trying to learn PHP, without knowing too much about html. It's definately a task.

[Spock]

... without knowing too much about html. ...

Why not take a look at the HTML Tutorial I'm trying to put together for my next HTML class? It might help and you might be able to help me make it better.

[cmptch]

I'm already preparing to do that. "Mamma didn't raise no dummy!"