here is the entire htaccess as i have many other rules which are working though i still using cloudflare.
====================
# htaccess file version 1.4.1;
# When Zenphoto requires changes to the rewrite rules:
# First make a copy of this file as 'oldhtaccess' in the zp-core folder so setup can test for unmodified files
# Update the above and the define in setup.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^admin/?$ zp-core/admin.php [R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^albums/?(.+/?)?$ $1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
##### put no rules before this line #######
#######################
#Rewrite rules for removed sitemap.php
RewriteRule ^sitemap\.php index.php?sitemap [L,R=301]
#Rewrite rules for removed RSS files
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} albumtitle=(.*)&albumname=(.*)&lang=".$lang
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&albumtitle=%1&albumname=%2&lang=%3 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} albumtitle=(.*)&folder=(.*)&lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&albumtitle=%1&folder=%2&lang=%3 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} albumtitle=(.*)&albumname=(.*)&lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&albumtitle=%1&albumname=%2&lang=%3 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} folder=(.*)&lang=(.*)&albumsmode
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&folder%1&lang=%2&albumsmode [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} withimages&lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss-news\.php/?$ index.php?rss-news&withimages&lang=%1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=(.*)&title=(.*)&type=(.*)&lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss-comments\.php/?$ index.php?rss-comments&id=%1&title=%2&type=%3&lang=%4 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} type=(.*)&lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss-comments\.php/?$ index.php?rss-comments&type=%1&lang=%2 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=(.*)&albumsmode
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&lang=%1&albumsmode [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=(.*)&category=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss-news\.php/?$ index.php?rss-news&lang=%1&category=%2 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=(.*)
RewriteRule ^rss\.php/?$ index.php?rss&lang=%1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^rss-news\.php/?$ index.php?rss-news&lang=%1 [L,R=301]
#######################
#rewrite rule for tinyURLs
RewriteRule ^tiny/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=$1&t [L,QSA]
RewriteRule index\.php$ index.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/([A-Za-z0-9_\-]+)/?$ index.php?p=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/([A-Za-z0-9_\-]+)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?album=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/page/([A-Za-z0-9_\-]+)/?$ index.php?album=$1&p=$2 [L,QSA]
#### Rewrite rule addition for search
RewriteRule ^page/search/fields([0-9]+)/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=search&searchfields=$1&words=$2&page=$3 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/fields([0-9]+)/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=search&searchfields=$1&words=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/archive/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=search&date=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/archive/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=search&date=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/tags/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=search&searchfields=tags&words=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/tags/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=search&searchfields=tags&words=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=search&words=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^page/search/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=search&words=$1 [L,QSA]
#### Rewrite additions for zenpage
RewriteRule ^pages/?$ index.php?p=pages [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=pages&title=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/?$ index.php?p=news [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=news&page=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/category/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=news&category=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/category/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=news&category=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/archive/(.*)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?p=news&date=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/archive/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=news&date=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^news/(.*)/?$ index.php?p=news&title=$1 [L,QSA]
####
RewriteRule ^(.*)/image/(thumb|[0-9]{1,4})/([^/\\]+)$ zp-core/i.php?a=$1&i=$3&s=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/image/([^/\\]+)$ zp-core/i.php?a=$1&i=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/album/(thumb|[0-9]{1,4})/([^/\\]+)$ zp-core/i.php?a=$1&i=$3&s=$2&album=true [L,QSA]
####
# Catch-all - everything else gets handled in PHP for compatibility.
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?album=$1 [L,QSA]
#WWW redirect
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.wildart\.in$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://www.wildart.in/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 php
==================================
