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Before starting be sure to take a backup, just in case.

WB Code Changes

1. Define PAGES_URL in /framework/class.frontend.php (seems to be the right place). In future it can/will be handled the same as PAGES_DIRECTORY. Near the top put:

define('PAGES_URL',''); 

2. Replace $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] with $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
modules/mpform/paintform.php - line 228
modules/news/view.php - line 197
modules/form/view.php - lines 139,384,389,393

3. Correctly use $wb->page_link($link)
/modules/form/view.php - line 469
/modules/news/rss.php - lines 95,96
/modules/mpform/evalform.php - line 589
Replace

WB_URL.PAGES_DIRECTORY.{some_variable}.PAGE_EXTENSION

with

$wb->page_link({some_variable})

4. Other
/modules/topics/module_settings.php - line 87
change to:

$topics_virtual_directory = PAGES_URL.'/topics/';

/framework/class.wb.php - line 161
/index.php - line 88
change PAGES_DIRECTORY to PAGES_URL

Apache Rewrites (.htaccess)

# --- Removal of /pages/ in URL --- #
# 1. Point root to right file
RewriteRule ^$ /pages/home.php [L]
# 2. /filename.php => /pages/filename.php - but only non-existing files.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)$ /pages/$1 [L]
# 3. /*/filename.php => /pages/*/filename.php - but only non-existing files.
# Extra "cond" added to prevent /pages/pages/pages/pages (could also be done in RewriteRule)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/pages/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /pages/$1/$2 [L]
# 4. /*/*/filename.php => /pages/*/*/filename.php - but only non-existing files.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /pages/$1/$2/$3 [L]
# 5. /*/*/*/filename.php => /pages/*/*/*/filename.php - but only non-existing files.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /pages/$1/$2/$3/$4 [L]

# Redirect index page for folders under /pages/ (not /*/*.php,
 and only non-existing directories.)
# 1. Redirect /*/ => /*.php   
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ /$1.php [R=301,L]
# 2. Redirect /*/*/ => /*/*.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.php [R=301,L]
# 3. Redirect /*/*/*/ => /*/*/*.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2/$3.php [R=301,L]
# 4. Redirect /*/*/*/*/ => /*/*/*/*.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2/$3/$4.php [R=301,L]

I can't guarantee that everything here is perfect, so be sure to test it yourself before deploying live. If you spot any mistakes, or situations that aren't covered, please let me know and I'll correct the code.