[TrishaM]

Ok…..here is what I have in my (root) WP install folder:

Options -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{http_host} ^travel-writers-exchange.com

RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/Forum/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I also modified my .htaccess file in /Forum as follows:

Options -MultiViews

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /Forum/

</IfModule>

No 500 Server error – Yaay! this is progress….slugs are still disabled.