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Apache has a feature called fancyindex which can improve the look of index.html if you want a linked list of your forums.

This was a quick way to start

http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/advanced-htaccess-ssi.html

and this the gave more details

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_autoindex.html

IndexOptions FancyIndexing IconHeight=30 IconWidth= IgnoreClient NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=* ScanHTMLTitles SuppressLastModified SuppressSize SuppressDescription SuppressRules SuppressHTMLPreamble
IndexOptions IgnoreClient NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=* FoldersFirst IconsAreLinks
DefaultIcon /route/to/reply.gif
#DefaultIcon '<font face="Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Book Antiqua, serif">'
# don't show these files and folders
IndexIgnore .htaccess *.pl *.html *.csv *.jpg *.pm *.csv *.htm *.xml *AdMiN *.txt *index *webbbs *cgi-bin/
# the SSI files used for the header and footer
HeaderName /indexheader.html
ReadmeName /indexfooter.html

I pasted Meta.txt into the HeaderName index.header file

ReadmeName for the footer file is correct.