Hmm a weekend wasted - thought it was going, but that only lasted 5 minutes - now not going. 1) Ive moved my "office" script into /office2/ subdirectory 2) no htaccess in my office2 subdirectory. changed all links/URLs in my HTML output to go to /office2/ 3) the htaccess in my root/main directory has lines to EXCLUDE the /office2/ directory but I still get redirected to /office/ when I submit my form. my main / top htaccess is:- RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^(css) - [L] RewriteRule ^office2/ - [L] - QUESTION: (DOES THIS EXCLUDE SUBDIRECTORY ??) RewriteRule ^login login.php [NC,QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L] A weekend wasted on a small script. I've got 20 different routines I wanted to be added, & I can't even do 1 routine - it's now 6 PM on Sunday night I started after work on Friday. any ideas?