Ah ok i had to enable apache to use the .htaccess file via AllowOverride All in the mybb root directory

[code]    <Directory /var/www/html>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all

        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>[/code]

and re-enable the apache config and restart apache
[code]metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2ensite python-forum.io.conf 
Site python-forum.io already enabled
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2dissite python-forum.io.conf                               
Site python-forum.io disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo a2ensite python-forum.io.conf                                
Enabling site python-forum.io.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  service apache2 reload
metulburr /etc/apache2/sites-enabled $ sudo service apache2 reload
 * Reloading web server apache2
 * [/code]