.htaccess index.php rewrite not working on user directory

This line is redundant:

Code:

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|(.*)\.swf|forums|images|css|downloads|jquery|js|robots\.txt|favico​​n\.ico)

As these two lines cover it, and all other real files/directories. They basically say "if the request is not for a REAL file, and the request is not for a REAL directory, pass the request to index.php. Presumably everything from the above line is a real file or directory, so it's not needed at all.

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

ohh, I didn't know this, thanks for the observation.