I've got WordPress MU installed in the root of my site's hosting. (Maybe that's dumb, but it's what seemed to make sense.) I am using WPMU in the subdomain setup (http://blog.example.com). However, I am also needing to set up a separate directory on the same site, independent of WPMU, that I need to be able to access the old-fashioned way (http://example.com/directory/). However, whenever I try to access it, I find myself redirected back to the WPMU homepage at http://example.com.
Is there any way to disable this kind of redirection for certain directories on my server?
If it helps, here is the contents of my .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>
Thanks for any help and advice you can offer.