.htaccess - Wordpress - Ignoring Directory via HTACCESS -

i've been trying (unsuccessfully) ignore directory in root of wordpress site. no matter do, seems display 404 page these pages. htaccess rules below attempt ignore /bet-reports/

begin wordpress

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c> rewriteengine on rewritebase / rewritecond %{request_uri} !^/(bet-reports|bet-reports/.*)$ rewriterule ^index\.php$ - [l] rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule . /index.php [l] </ifmodule>  # end wordpress  rewritecond %{http_host} ^doawildthing.com$ [or] rewritecond %{http_host} ^www.doawildthing.com$ rewriterule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wildthingfootball\.com\/" [r=302,l] 

any appreciated!

try this:

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c> rewriteengine on rewritebase / rewritecond %{request_uri} ^/(bet-reports.*)$ rewriterule . /someotherpage.html [l] rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule . /index.php [l] </ifmodule>