The / is just whst folder its in so a/b/c/d you could simple move d to a and it would be A/d.
so
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so where ever you put the main fold the path will change.
so if it was nextgenupdate.com/ the / just tells you where the .html is. so th deeped you bury the forum folder with the html the more / you'll have.
so make sure your forum folder is not inside another folder if you want it to display like
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if its inside another folder it will be [url]www.nextgenupdate.com/folder/forums[/url]
sorry just got up if this is hard to understand I apologise