<p>How do I get modrewrite to ENTIRELY ignore the /vip/ directory so that all requests pass directly to the folder?</p>

<pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^vip/.$ - [PT]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
&lt;/IfModule&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>See also <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/163302/how-do-i-ignore-a-directory-in-modrewrite">How do I ignore a directory in mod_rewrite?</a>  -- reposting because I wasn't sufficiently clear about the problem first time around. </p>

Replace:
```
```
RewriteRule ^vip/.$ - [PT]
```
```
with:
```
```
RewriteRule ^vip/.*$ - [PT,L]
```
```