I seem to be having the same problem as Karen.
I have the main website which is [url=http]Uncle Sams Bargains[/url] and then I have the forum which is [url=http]Uncle Sams Forum[/url].
When you click the second link, I wanted it to direct you to the portal page, not the forum (which I can't figure out why it isn't showing any of the forums - another problem I already posted).
I did as advised in this topic. I created the html file. I tried doing that but it takes me to the index.php page instead of the index.bak or the index.html page. I don't have any htaccess files in my root directory. The code itself on the index.bak page works when going directly to it; however, when you just type in
http://www.unclesamsbargains.com/forum, it goes directly to the index.php.
Is there any other way to solve this problem other than trying to bring the whole forum to the main root directory?