title: Wordpress custom mod_rewrite - totalnoob?
body: <p>I'm trying to make a custom mod_rewrite rule for my wordpress installation, I've already got a custom rule for my page structure which i would like to preserve.</p>
  
  <p>The new custom rule i'd like to make is whenever there's a get variable like: www.mysite.com/?<em>profile</em>=<strong>username</strong></p>
  
  <p>I want to make it look like: www.mysite.com/<strong>username</strong></p>
  
  <p>This is my current .htaccess file:</p>
  
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  # END WordPress
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've looked at php.net and many tutorials about mod rewriting in general and specifically for wordpress, but its all just going straight over my head, I don't understand it.
  If anyone could give me some help to get some progress with this i'd really appreciate, i really want to get my head around mod_rewrite.</p>
  
  <p>I'm assuming i need to create a new RewriteRule, but that's as far as i get.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks
  Frank </p>