# Lines That should already be in your .htacess
    <Files "config.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>
    <Files "common.php">
    Order Allow,Deny
    Deny from All
    </Files>

    # You may need to un-comment the following line
    # Options +FollowSymlinks
    # REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
    RewriteEngine On
    # REWRITE BASE
    RewriteBase /phpbb3
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE WWW PREFIXE REDIRECTION

    #####################################################
    # PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES - ADVANCED
    #####################################################
    # AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
    # STARTED : 01/2006
    #################################
    # FORUMS PAGES
    ###############
    # FORUM INDEX REWRITERULE WOULD STAND HERE IF USED. 'forum' REQUIRES TO BE SET AS FORUM INDEX
    # RewriteRule ^phpbb3/forum\.html$ /phpbb3/index.php [QSA,L,NC]
    # FORUM
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/announces/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/([a-z0-9_-]*)/?[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # PROFILES ADVANCED
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/[a-z0-9_-]*-u([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpbb3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # USER MESSAGES ADVANCED
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/[a-z0-9_-]*-u([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/search.php?author_id=$1&sr=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
    # GROUPS ADVANCED
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/[a-z0-9_-]*-g([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # POST
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/post([0-9]+)\.html$ /phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
    # ACTIVE TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # UNANSWERED TOPICS
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # NEW POSTS
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
    # THE TEAM
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/the-team\.html$ /phpbb3/memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
    # HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES

    # FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM
    # THESE FOUR LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
    RewriteRule ^phpbb3/([a-z0-9_-]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ /phpbb3/viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
    # END PHPBB PAGES
    #####################################################