RewriteRule & htaccess!

[emitind]

i've got this code in my .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /1/index\.php?user=$1 [R]

this is in the root folder. when someone goes to any folder in the root it should diverts to /1/index.php?user=foldername.

why doesn't this code work?

secondly, how can i make it so that certain folders do not get redirected (namely the root folder)?

thanks again!

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[drew010]

that rule, should match ANYthing typed in, a folder or a file, even a string of files.
if you just want to redirect certain user folders, i would suggest making a folder called users, and moving that rule in there. that way people have to visit /users/foldername in order to be redirected and your root folder and all the files and other folders wont fall under that rule and get redirected.
because if you wanted to make it so certain folders (and files) dont get redirected, you would have to make rewritecond's for every one, essentially the same as a really long if-elseif statement.