<p>I'm trying to have the modrewrite rules skip the directory <code>vip</code>. I've tried a number of things as you can see below, but to no avail.</p>
<pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#RewriteRule ^vip$ - [PT]
RewriteRule ^vip/.$ - [PT]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/vip 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
&lt;/IfModule&gt;
# END WordPress
</code></pre>
<p>How do I get modrewrite to entirely ignore the <code>/vip/</code> directory so that all requests pass directly to the folder?</p>
<h3>Update:</h3>
<p>As points of clarity:</p>
<ul>
<li>It's hosted on Dreamhost</li>
<li>The folders are within a wordpress directory</li>
<li>the /vip/ folder contains a webdav .htaccess etc (though I dont think this is important</li>
</ul>

I'm not sure if I understand your objective, but the following might do what you're after?
```
```
RewriteRule ^/vip/(.*)$   /$1?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
```
```
This will cause a URL such as
http://www.example.com/vip/fred.html
to be rewritten without the /vip.