DC SEO vB URL Rewrite

[Lizard King]

What are you talking about. What is clicking last page?

When you have a thread more then 100 pages this hack causes a lot of troubles. This is why i am trying to uninstall this. If the last page is 220 and you click from thread name it will not take you to page 220 instead it takes you to page 2.

[Dean C]

Lizard King, go into your .htaccess file and remove any instances of &pp=10 (temporary fix).

[COsborne]

yeah, even if the thread is just something like 29 it will send you to page 2

[vau7]

I am running this plugin on my vb3.5.1 and users are driving me crazy with complaints that when they click last page it doesn't take them to the last page.

example:
http://www.theforumlounge.com/f14-shootin-the-breeze.html

DAK's Daily WTF pics
Trolling Pbase

Both of those do it. Any suggestions of what is wrong?

Oh yes, i recognized the same (respetive my Users recognize it and it drives em crazy.

This is with your last beta you send me per mail.

[jlaine]

Oh yes, i recognized the same (respetive my Users recognize it and it drives em crazy.

This is with your last beta you send me per mail.

It's been mentioned/discussed earlier also - I disabled this system until that little bug is squashed as it did indeed drive people crazy. Still, I have to commend Dean C for all the (constant!) support he continues to give, it's nice to see it take place. :)

[COsborne]

I've left mine up in case someone needs a testing platform. I ran through it once and didn't see the source of the bug but I wasn't very thorough.

[Dean C]

I see what you mean vau. I know how to fix it, but I'm almost positive I've fixed that before. Ah well, will fire off a fresh version to you in the next few days :)

[dcroissant]

Coundn't find an answer. Does this provide a 301 redirect?

[Dean C]

Coundn't find an answer. Does this provide a 301 redirect?

No, old threads will be redirected to the new URL format (R=301) in the next versions.

[COsborne]

send me a new version too if you don't mind :)

[Glovebox]

Dean, in the latest beta you sent. Users are unable to view preview pages of forums. It just reloads the current page.

[Ericsson]

Hi on www.freespacechat.com when you click on a thread from the index is shows the normal PHP, how can I get it for the SEO thread?

[Griffin80]

Awesome script ;)

Used this on a clients site and it when i compared his keywords stats to previous months they have doubled. Takes about 1-2 weeks before u start seeings results but its well worth it.

I am so happy with this script i installed it on Bluepearl Design last night, and today i plan on installing it on USFTECH Gaming.

[Okie]

Hey Dean is there any chanse we can make the url of the thread

/thread4129-where-can-i-find-indy-promotions.html

to

/where-can-i-find-indy-promotions/

and the forum url

/f64-gun-forum.html

To

/gun-forum/


i hope there is chanse for this :)

[COsborne]

not unless you dont want to allow duplicate threads and want to write a rewrite for every forum

[Okie]

Oops

never think about that :D

Alright how about this

/thread4129-where-can-i-find-indy-promotions.html

to

/where-can-i-find-indy-promotions-122/

122 is the url id.

and the forum url

/f64-gun-forum.html

To

/gun-forum/
or
/f1/
/f2/
etc..

i think it will be nice if there is options :)

[COsborne]

if you add the thread id to the end of the url it is easily noticed by users and requires a much more complicated rule to accomplish. Changing to the forum name is doable but like I said it requires a rule for each forum which takes a while and doesnt allow for easily changing names. I wrote a mod for my old version of vbulletin (preplugin) so I've messed around with a lot of the options. I even went so far as to rewrite attachments so that they 1) were watermarked and 2) were affixed with .jpg so they could be included in posts safely.

[Dean C]

Great sig okie :) Yes it's possible, but I don't plan on doing it I'm afraid. I have a very very very busy weekend. I'm aiming to cram in all my coursework and get it out the way which will leave me an enjoyable week to release the next version.

[croportal]

Oops

never think about that :D

Alright how about this

/thread4129-where-can-i-find-indy-promotions.html

to

/where-can-i-find-indy-promotions-122/

122 is the url id.

and the forum url

/f64-gun-forum.html

To

/gun-forum/
or
/f1/
/f2/
etc..

i think it will be nice if there is options :)

that option will be great :squareeyed:

[Glovebox]

Dean, in the latest beta you sent. Users are unable to view preview pages of forums. It just reloads the current page.

[Dean C]

Dean, in the latest beta you sent. Users are unable to view preview pages of forums. It just reloads the current page.

What do you mean? Can you give an example?

[Okie]

Is that options going to be add in the next Release ?

Also could you send me the beta version :D ?

[Loco.M]

i would love to be a beta tester to :D

[Glovebox]

http://www.wrestlecrazy.com/forum12-wwe-chat.html

If you click on page 2 of 34.. page one reloads

[dn lodge]

If you would let me help you with the testing, I would really appreciate it. I have only www.DNLodge.com to put it on.

Here are some suggestions..

I've looked at the last 20 pages of posts in this thread. I saw you said that the rewriting of the last post is un-nessasary. But I think it is, mainly because of the SEO reasons.

The main problem i have using your mod right now is that google is indexing 2 pages for every one page i have in the forum. It is indexing the rewritten thread and the unrewritten thread. This is mainly because your mod isnt rewriting my similar threads and the last post column.

And BTW, I modified your code to make the forums view as dnlodge.com/forum-12.html . So I didnt lose the PR from my old rewrite script on phpbb after I upgraded. But is this making me not be able to rewrite the simialar threads?

-Brandon @ www.DNLodge.com

ps. If you need anything, like help, just give me a PM. I'm a master php and mysql coder, and could help in the thread since its become so popular. Let me know.. aim: daredevilbp or msn: neomania60@hotmail.com or PM or email: yourhostnow@gmail.com

[Dean C]

Ok guys, what i'm going to do is because we have two sets of testers here, is set up a temporary forum for people who want to beta-test the latest version.

If anyone wants the latest version, for the time being, head on over to here:
http://www.teckreviews.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15

The password is:
dcseobeta

[dn lodge]

YES!! Thank you so much for this! Downloaded, and installing.. i'll try to help as much as possible

[dn lodge]

Hm, I seem to be agetting a page cannot be found right now after refreshing. Whats up?

[Dean C]

Please report your bugs with this beta over at my forum for now. Trying to keep bugs in the two versions seperate :)

[dn lodge]

Oh that was for your site, not the mod, but its working now.

And it would be really cool if we could choose out own rewrites. Because I would prefer forum-xx.html instead PR was on that. I managed to convert it to that in the old mod, but this one is alot more complex, and I will probably mess something up. So I guess i'll have to let myself get reindexed by google. But thanks

[Rick Sample]

Their isn't any chance that this will work with 3.0 with some modifications would it? I know they have one for vb 3.0 from vbseo.com, but its like $150 bucks.

[dn lodge]

It is probably possible to integrate it into lower versions, but I would assume this version wouldent work. It may have to be rewritten for lower versions. But I dont think DC will have time for it.

[dn lodge]

DC, I dont have permissions to post in the beta forum.

[Dean C]

Are you logged in? I just checked the permissions and you should be able to post a thread there

[jlaine]

Please report your bugs with this beta over at my forum for now. Trying to keep bugs in the two versions seperate :)

Signed up, downloaded, will start poking around!

[dn lodge]

Just a question for the new version... If you have the showthread?=x versio indexed in google, will redirect get rid of the showthread indexing?? Because i dont like when i have the rewritten one and the showthread one both indexed. It drains the PR. This is the reason alot of people want you to rewrite the simialar and last post rewriten.

[COsborne]

another problem I couldnt work out was the redirect after a user posts. it uses the old style formatting.

[jlaine]

Just a question for the new version... If you have the showthread?=x versio indexed in google, will redirect get rid of the showthread indexing?? Because i dont like when i have the rewritten one and the showthread one both indexed. It drains the PR. This is the reason alot of people want you to rewrite the simialar and last post rewriten.

Wouldn't it behoove one to just use robots.txt to bar them from member.php (which is what the search string is to display last post on a thread, right?) and whatever it is that brings up similar threads (I don't use them, prefer to keep server load to a minimum and queries as low as possible, even though it's not necessary for me.) I block search.php, memberlist.php, member.php, profile.php, and nearly everything else that I could come up with that didn't directly involve either a thread or the forum listing itself... Why dilute at all?

That's only referencing the similar and last post comments - the redirect comment is a very valid point though.

[Dean C]

Just a question for the new version... If you have the showthread?=x versio indexed in google, will redirect get rid of the showthread indexing?? Because i dont like when i have the rewritten one and the showthread one both indexed. It drains the PR. This is the reason alot of people want you to rewrite the simialar and last post rewriten.

http://www.dnlodge.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18
http://www.dnlodge.com/showthread.php?t=103

;)

[Dean C]

another problem I couldnt work out was the redirect after a user posts. it uses the old style formatting.

Don't worry about that. Like I have said on several occasions, this modification is not aimed at your users, but at the search engines :) Hence, a search engine never posts, so they won't have that URL.

[COsborne]

the problem though is that users copy the url after they post and then paste it into future posts in that site and others. I've seen it happen a number of times.

[poprulz]

i got a question. i have got "Google sitemap for the vB Archives. Redirect human and robots." by lierduh installed. will this conflict the URL rewrite extension?
I am running VB3.5.0.

[Dean C]

the problem though is that users copy the url after they post and then paste it into future posts in that site and others. I've seen it happen a number of times.

Yes but the old URLs are redirected to the new ones. It'd add a very large overhead to rewrite random thread URLs within threads as a) we don't have access to the thread titles, and b) we'd have to access the thread cache or run a query to get the thread titles for every thread URL in the thread.

This is an un-necessary overhead in my opinion.

[Dean C]

i got a question. i have got "Google sitemap for the vB Archives. Redirect human and robots." by lierduh installed. will this conflict the URL rewrite extension?
I am running VB3.5.0.

Yes it will conflict so don't use it for now. I may integrate a sitemap generator with this modification soon :)

[Rick Sample]

Hi Dean, will this work with the GARS (Geek Article System)? http://www.thevbgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41



We were debating on it a little in this thread: http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?p=3935#post3935 What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

[COsborne]

Yes but the old URLs are redirected to the new ones. It'd add a very large overhead to rewrite random thread URLs within threads as a) we don't have access to the thread titles, and b) we'd have to access the thread cache or run a query to get the thread titles for every thread URL in the thread.

This is an un-necessary overhead in my opinion.

Would another query really be that bad? I'm not sure what sort of query caching vbulletin has integrated but it wouldn't be hard at all to cache thread titles.

[Dean C]

Would another query really be that bad? I'm not sure what sort of query caching vbulletin has integrated but it wouldn't be hard at all to cache thread titles.


It'd add a big overhead on large sites, and at the moment this modification is extremely scalable and inefficient. I don't want to sacrifice that.
Again, I'm not sure offhand if vB has a threadcache, but even building one would be a very large task and inefficient on large boards

[Dean C]

Hi Dean, will this work with the GARS (Geek Article System)? http://www.thevbgeek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41



We were debating on it a little in this thread: http://www.thevbgeek.com/showthread.php?p=3935#post3935 What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

I've no idea how that works :) Give it a try and let me know (get the latest version off my site though).

[Mudvayne]

just installed ur full version :) hope it 'll works fine..

[Mudvayne]

hey dont u think the copyright msg is too long? it should be better like this
Search Engine Optimized By DC Seo

DC Seo 'll link with ur site.. http://www.deanclatworthy.com/

so plz giv ur opinion..

[Dean C]

Please do not change the copyright Shuvo. Thanks :)

[Mudvayne]

Please do not change the copyright Shuvo. Thanks :)
I wont :) unless u give permission to modify ur original copyright.. here is my idea.. if u don wanna i wont change

Search Engine Optimized By <a target="_blank" href="http://www.deanclatworthy.com/">DC Seo&nbsp; © Dean Clatworthy</a>

btw its just an idea.. & sorry my english.. i dont wanna brk any copyright law.. thts y i ask ur permission newayz.. waiting for ur reply..

[cd1986]

Yes it will conflict so don't use it for now. I may integrate a sitemap generator with this modification soon :)
Integrated sitemap generator would be great! Using the vBSEO sitemap version at the moment, but obviously it doesn't pick up the urls created using this plugin. :)

[Mudvayne]

?????????
it conflict with vbseo sitemap generator?

[Dean C]

Shuvo, I won't be changing the copyright sorry. cd1986, do not submit a sitemap with vBseo's if the URLs are conflicting, as you'll be submitting URLs which will be redirected soon.

[cd1986]

Sorry, i meant that it just picks up the normal (unchanged) urls - it doesn't conflict as such, the sitemap is generated as though there was no url re-write plugin.

[Rick Sample]

Hi dean, I'm having issues with the install. After the install on 3.5.2, when clicking on any forum, any post, any member, etc it is displaying a page cannot be displayed message.
I also know that our host has mod rewright on because we used to run OScommerce as our shopping car system. They released a hack on their site to re wright URLS and this is what we had to put in our .htaccess file (This is no longer their since we moved to a better software):

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-(.*).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-(.*).html$ popup_image.php?pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-(.*).html$ articles.php?tPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-a-(.*).html$ article_info.php?articles_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-(.*).html$ product_reviews.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-(.*).html$ product_reviews_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-i-(.*).html$ information.php?info_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}



This worked with OScommerce, so I would imagine if our host didn't have mod rewright installed, OScommerce wouldn't have worked. Do you have any solutions?

THanks!

[Dean C]

Hey Rick, I'm not sure why it would give you a 404 message if mod_rewrite is enabled. Put this is in a .htaccess file in your forums directory and go to http://www.muscle-mustangs.com/forums/deantest.html


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^deantest\.html$ showthread.php?t=6191 [L]


It should load t=6191 :)

[Rick Sample]

Hey Rick, I'm not sure why it would give you a 404 message if mod_rewrite is enabled. Put this is in a .htaccess file in your forums directory and go to http://www.muscle-mustangs.com/forums/deantest.html


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^deantest\.html$ showthread.php?t=6191 [L]


It should load t=6191 :)


Thanks Dean that worked like a charm and I installed the mod just fine! The reason I couldn't get the hack to work before was because I was putting the .htaccess in my root directory instead of the forum directory!


Thanks again for the hard work!

[Rick Sample]

I do have two more questions. When you click on the thread in the last post column, it will still take you to the showthread.php version.

Also when viewing whos online, it's showing the guest as "viewing forum" or "viewing thread" it doesn't give the exact thread or location with link. Is their an easy fix to this?


THanks Again!

[Dean C]

Rick, please read further back in the thread for the reason as to why I have not rewritten the lastpost URL :) And WOL bug is something I'm still having problems with in the beta, as it works locally but not on live forums.

[XtremeOffroad]

Clicks Install :nervous:

[Reynaldovb]

Dean:

Nice plugin. Some of my boards are in spanish so I had to edit it and make your replace lines look like this [^A-Za-z0-9-áéíóúñÁÉÍÓÚÑ]+
Of course with that change I had to modify the .htaccess file, so I changed yours into this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s
RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)-(.*)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^t([0-9]+)(((-p)([0-9]+))?)(-.*)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$5&pp=10 [L,NE]

[yayvb]

Hi, found my way to this hack because I bought vbseo and they told me I couldn't download it because my site is inappropriate. :( Someone in the thread I created mentioned this hack. :) What's worse is today (xmas) I just got an email saying how I can save $20 when buying vbseo just for today. Grrrrrrr.

Anyway, after installing this particular hack here, I feel like it works on half of
my page content or something.
If I hover over the nav bar links they're the same as before.
If I move down and hover over 'Main Category' it links to http://www.420boards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1
If I hover for instance the first forum in the main category I get this:
http://www.420boards.com/f103-private-staff-room.html (looks accurate right?)
But if I move to the right and click on 'Last Post' for instance, the first one goes to:
http://www.420boards.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=205

Also would it be advisable or not to change the F and T prefix to keywords on the site like Marijuana for T
and Cannabis for F for my particular site? Would it allow me to have more keywords in the search engines or whatever?

Woud someone please check out my site www.420boards.com and hover to let me know if everything seems to be working correctly or incorrectly?

Thanks for the help guys this looks like a great hack!!

[Dean C]

yayvb: use this version - http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=845810&postcount=526

[Dean C]

Just an update. As I get closer to releasing this modification, I've made a google/yahoo sitemap generator so you can submit your correct URLs to them. I've just tested a version on a friends live site and it all seems to work fast and efficiently. Please bare with me! :D

[Renat_]

Thank you Dean! Waiting ... :)

[dn lodge]

Dean C: I would be posting this as a new thread in the beta forum of the new version.. But it said I dint have permissions to post a new thread after logging in... so I'm posting it here..

Some things to sday about your seo methods...

You are using a bad way to redirect to new URLs. I suggest using a 301 redirect, which helps google realize that its an old url going to a new one. If you dont know how to do that, the syntax is here: http://forum.time2dine.co.nz/google/301-redirects-5223.html

Also, I'm begging you, you NEED to rewrite the simialar threads. It helps google get around the site much better.

Also, something else that is improtant... You might want to consider adding a redirect in .htaccess to send anyone who types site.com to www.site.com so google dosnt index......

http://www.dnlodge.com/t428-how-many-movies-do-you-go-to-a-month.html
..and..
http://dnlodge.com/t428-how-many-movies-do-you-go-to-a-month.html

here is the .htaccess code you can use... if you dont kn ow how to do it, although you probably do, lol...

###### Redirect to www.######
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^dnlodge.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.dnlodge.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^$ index.php

since google sees the non-www and www versions of the page as different domains, for some reason.

Just some suggestions... hope you will put them into play. Those were the biggest things that I noticed.


*****EDIT*****
I was just browsing my forum, and I saw the "next thread" and "previous thread" links at the bottom of the thread, and noticed they wernt rewritten. So I clicked it, and the link pointed to the page from where I clicked.

To see what I mean, go to http://www.dnlodge.com/t868-reserving-names.html and at the bottom of the thread, click the "next thread" link, and it basicly links to itself.

Just a minor bug.. If I see more, I'll report them, and sorry I wasnt able to post this in the forum dedicated to this version.

[Dean C]

The old threads are redirected to the new ones using a 301 redirect. It seems I've overlooked sending a 301 redirect in my gateway script though :)! Good looking out. Also I didn't think about the previous / next links. Noted and shall be fixed.

[dn lodge]

I would like to say Dean, I dont like how you have a link to a random site in my footer. I wouldent care if it was all in text, or there was just a copyright from you (which dosnt need to be, only in the code) but a sitewide link on my pages.... I dont like that. How can I turn it into text and not a link??

I have barely any outgoing links on my site, testing some seo stuff, and this is ruining it. How can I remove your link to whatever site that is?

If it was like a link to this thread, or something HAVING to do with the subject, fine, but I dont like linking to that site, because its not relevant and isnt helping me with seo.............

[Dean C]

It's my website, and it's a required copyright. It has everything to do with this modification as I have some future plans for my website which revolve around this modification.

[Dean C]

By the way dn_lodge, the reason you couldn't post on the TR beta forum is because you didn't activate your account :) I've done it manually for you so you should be able to post there now.

[dn lodge]

I dont know why I didnt.... but thanks

[kafi]

Dean how do I get rid of these (in bold) in the url ......f96-span-classsmallfont....."pagename"..span.html

P.S. do you have any news for CEE language characters?

[Dean C]

Well I'm guessing is that is in your URL, then the thread title was <span class="smallfont">pagename</span> In which case, that is a correct rewrite.

[SportBikeAddict]

Great work, clicking install. Thank you!

[kafi]

Well I'm guessing is that is in your URL, then the thread title was <span class="smallfont">pagename</span> In which case, that is a correct rewrite.

Ok, but how do I remove this without changing font style? I think that formating should not be the part of url...

[Dean C]

kafi please show me the thread.

[kafi]

kafi please show me the thread.

I have send you the link.

Also do you have a problem with numbering of thread pages?

For instance if there is 26 pages and you want to jump to nr. 20 the link is incorrect and it will direct you to nr. 2 instead of nr.20

[Masiello]

Simple The BEST, Thanks very much for sharing this, It works be great on my vb 3.5.2, Thanks again!

To see how it work www.lottosqueeze.org/forum
For now, no error messages.

[AshokForums.com]

Dean, a new version of DC SEO is coming up?

If its gonna be a long wait then i am gonna install the current version..

[Masiello]

I have a question, why when I'm going on a user List online, on the some users I showing Unknown Location...and the page with .html extension, is that a Bug? Or it normal because the output isn't reconized by the board?

Sorry my poor english.

[dn lodge]

Ashok: Use this version, its in beta though, so checkback often for new versions: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=845810&postcount=526

[AshokForums.com]

Ashok: Use this version, its in beta though, so checkback often for new versions: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=845810&postcount=526

Installed it now... But i dont seem to notice any difference other than the copyright in the footer..

[jlaine]

Installed it now... But i dont seem to notice any difference other than the copyright in the footer..

There are several differences - I'd stick with the current released beta available in the above link if you're going to use the hack at all - you'll be better off in the long run.

[AshokForums.com]

There are several differences - I'd stick with the current released beta available in the above link if you're going to use the hack at all - you'll be better off in the long run.

Thanks.. Installed the beta version.. No bugs.. :)

One more aspect i am keen to know more about is the Meta Description.. Specially since i have installed the "Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=99579)" hack

Here is an example.. Of hows my pages are displayed in google and msn..

8 killed, 45 injured in Indonesia bombing - AshokForums

8 killed, 45 injured in Indonesia bombing Breaking News Home Forums Gallery Games Contact Us About Us ... You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most ...

I want the Meta Description to be based on the Thread contents say contents from the first post and not on the Title and header.. can something be done about it?

I think vbSEO does that.. I do not have a paypal account nor do i have a international Credit card nor do i have that much money to buy vbSEO :(
meta descriptions?

[zylstra]

I use a links category where forums are actually forum links...
Floris, I'm not sure what you mean by this.

[jlaine]

Thanks.. Installed the beta version.. No bugs.. :)

One more aspect i am keen to know more about is the Meta Description.. Specially since i have installed the "Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=99579)" hack

Here is an example.. Of hows my pages are displayed in google and msn..

8 killed, 45 injured in Indonesia bombing - AshokForums

8 killed, 45 injured in Indonesia bombing Breaking News Home Forums Gallery Games Contact Us About Us ... You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most ...
be done about it?

I want the Meta Description to be based on the Thread contents say contents from the first post and not on the Title and header.. can something
I think vbSEO does that.. I do not have a paypal account nor do i have a international Credit card nor do i have that much money to buy vbSEO :(
meta descriptions?

I have the welcome headers installed on my site, but I am not experiencing your problems - I don't have them installed on the thread display primarily because I find them annoying to be globalized like that - but even so - I don't see any of the navbar contents present in your meta description - per that thread page:

"meta name="description" content="8 killed, 45 injured in Indonesia bombing Top Stories"

So I guess I either don't quite fully understand what you're attempting to impart or can't see the same problem you happen to be having.

[Dean C]

I've got exams up til next saturday, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you all for the next 9-10 days. I'll be back then, with plenty of free time (hopefully), and hope to fix the bugs people are reporting on the beta forum :) Many thanks especially to jlaine for his help thus far!

[Masiello]

Nobody Know why the board say "Unknow location" on whois online users list, I attempt for cache is full?

[sellbuydomain]

i install it as follow, after i install it ,nothing happen, nothing change ,still php code directory, any one know why ? thanks


also , Mod_rewrite is enabled by default in my the servers.

i am using 3.5.3 version

[hdrmut]

no update ?

[Snake]

Is this going to work on v3.5.3?

[irishblacknight]

It's working fine for me :)

[jlaine]

Is this going to work on v3.5.3?

It works on 3.5.3 - I'm running it - grab the latest beta available aforementioned on this thread @ teckreviews if you want to run it.

[rlamego]

Ok, so I downloaded and installed this latest beta from Dean's site.
Seems that beside the two thread and forum options in vB options panel, I can't do anything else.
Due to the way its done (between htaccess, seourls.php and product) I'm afraid I might break something trying to tweak it to my needs.
Will future versions include more options? Can you share a bit of your plans Dean?

[bold]

when's your update coming out?

[x-land]

I install beta2 modification on v3.5.3 board.
Bug? : "Previous Thread" and "Next Thread" don't work (show same thread).
One simple question: exist sitemap generator for that URLs??????

[Dean C]

Ok, so I downloaded and installed this latest beta from Dean's site.
Seems that beside the two thread and forum options in vB options panel, I can't do anything else.
Due to the way its done (between htaccess, seourls.php and product) I'm afraid I might break something trying to tweak it to my needs.
Will future versions include more options? Can you share a bit of your plans Dean?

Well what more options do you want?

[Dean C]

when's your update coming out?

When it's ready :) When bugs are found, they have to be fixed, and without my beta testers, I can't find all the bugs by myself.

[Dean C]

I install beta2 modification on v3.5.3 board.
Bug? : "Previous Thread" and "Next Thread" don't work (show same thread).
One simple question: exist sitemap generator for that URLs??????

There's an update over at my forums which is Beta 3, and it fixes a lot of bugs including the previous/next thread links.

And yes, I will probably be making a sitemap generator for my modification. Whether or not I release it in the final version or not, I have yet to decide, as it still needs a lot of work to get it working efficiently on very large boards.

[x-land]

Please help me with link where is Beta 3 (at first instalation I was redirect but now I can't find :) ).
With sitemap I resolve. I modify old my sitemap generator and work.
I hope in your final version find and sitemap generator :).
Anyway your modification is verry good.Thanks. (and sorry for my english ;) )

[jdingman]

Worked like a charm. Any easy way to add in the rewrite for usernames as well?

[Dean C]

Worked like a charm. Any easy way to add in the rewrite for usernames as well?

I believe it un-necessary to rewrite usernames :)

[Snake]

Hahaha that was quite funny.

[joeboo]

Where is beta 3? I looked at Dean's forums and found nothing. Can I please get a link?

[jlaine]

Where is beta 3? I looked at Dean's forums and found nothing. Can I please get a link?
The download present there is beta 3, the thread wasn't overwritten properly though.

[Immortal]

Hahaha that was quite funny.

I found it quite humorous as well, Josh :)

[Dean C]

Where is beta 3? I looked at Dean's forums and found nothing. Can I please get a link?


http://www.teckreviews.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15
Password = dcseobeta

[rlamego]

Well what more options do you want?
Change the format of the filename to other than (f1-forumname.html, forum1-forumname.html, and like threads) as also the URL "structure" like /forumname/threadname.html

[irishblacknight]

The only thing I would like to see fixed (if it hasn't been already) is when you set a forum to be a link to an external URL.

[Masiello]

Change the format of the filename to other than (f1-forumname.html, forum1-forumname.html, and like threads) as also the URL "structure" like /forumname/threadname.html

This would damage who uses already the actual version of DC SEO since after the updating this modification change all the url inside the users posts making them void.

[jlaine]

This would damage who uses already the actual version of DC SEO since after the updating this modification change all the url inside the users posts making them void.


You could include a rewrite to allow for those changes, but I agree, the constant changing around would get messy.

[Dean C]

The only thing I would like to see fixed (if it hasn't been already) is when you set a forum to be a link to an external URL.

It was fixed weeks ago :)

[rlamego]

This would damage who uses already the actual version of DC SEO since after the updating this modification change all the url inside the users posts making them void.

Please don't misinterpret me! I don't want to change everybody's current URL scheme, I want more options than the ones existing at this time.

[Dean C]

This would damage who uses already the actual version of DC SEO since after the updating this modification change all the url inside the users posts making them void.

Indeed, whilst I can see some justification in building an engine to manage the rewriting of URLs, and it wouldn't actually be that hard, the actual ability to give the users the ability to change their URL structure is risky. Changing URLs all the time will have severe negative effects on ranking. Also the only way to really handle the rewrite engine is to pass all HTTP_REQUEST's to a gateway script. That is not very efficient internally, and this is exactly what vBseo does.

[jmw]

hmm... not good for non-english boards I guess.

[croportal]

hmm... not good for non-english boards I guess.


why not???

[Masiello]

why not? I'm using Italian board, what is the problem? I dont see problem.

[Dean C]

hmm... not good for non-english boards I guess.

It depends, support has been added for some EU languages. The problem lies in converting the accented characters to their english equivalents. I can confirm it works for german and french, but not slovakian.

[Masiello]

I confirm it works fine on Italian board too.

[Dean C]

I confirm it works fine on Italian board too.

Excellent Masiello. Please do let me know in this thread if you get any problems with the conversion of the characters :)

[Masiello]

I dont have this problems, it works great without damages characters, I love this Hack, but I dont know why it say "Unknow Location" in forum WOL, If is possibile to set to work properly withou install other hack like WOL modification.

[Dean C]

I dont have this problems, it works great without damages characters, I love this Hack, but I dont know why it say "Unknow Location" in forum WOL, If is possibile to set to work properly withou install other hack like WOL modification.

No matter what I seem to do, the WOL will just not work. I'll look into it some more :)

[Ins]

Outstanding! Nice work ;]

Any chance of including the Member Profiles in this =]

[Masiello]

I have a simple question, how I merge thread?
If i try to merge thread I need a php url and not html, but how I showing all php URL without disable DC SEO?

[Dean C]

You don't need the PHP URL, paste the DC SEO one and it'll work ;)

[Masiello]

You don't need the PHP URL, paste the DC SEO one and it'll work ;)

Yup, I've try, but it don't work, a vbulletin message say need a specific url.

[vau7]

Go to deans Forum and take the new Beta - then it'll work.

[Masiello]

Ah Ok, great, well I prefer awaiting GOLD Release. hmmmm I Love This Hack, it is the best one like vbdrupal.

[Dean C]

Ah Ok, great, well I prefer awaiting GOLD Release. hmmmm I Love This Hack, it is the best one like vbdrupal.

Glad you like it Antonio. Just bare with me as I iron out the final bugs :)

[loonytune15]

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO setting
(varname, grouptitle, value, defaultvalue, datatype, optioncode, displayorder, advanced, volatile, product)
VALUES
(
'forumurlbit',
'dcseogrp',
'forum',
'forum',
'free',
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1,
0,
1,
'dc001'
),
(
'threadurlbit',
'dcseogrp',
'thread',
'thread',
'free',
'<table>\r\n<tr valign=\\\"top\\\">\r\n <td><input type=\\\"radio\\\" name=\\\"setting[$setting[varname]]\\\" id=\\\"threadurlbit1\\\" value=\\\"t\\\" tabindex=\\\"1\\\" \" . iif($setting[\'value\'] == \"t\", \'checked=\"checked\"\') . \" /></td>\r\n <td class=\\\"smallfont\\\"><label for=\\\"threadurlbit1\\\">t1-threadtitle.html</label></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr valign=\\\"top\\\">\r\n <td><input type=\\\"radio\\\" name=\\\"setting[$setting[varname]]\\\" id=\\\"threadurlbit2\\\" value=\\\"thread\\\" tabindex=\\\"1\\\" \" . iif($setting[\'value\'] == \"thread\", \'checked=\"checked\"\') . \" /></td>\r\n <td class=\\\"smallfont\\\"><label for=\\\"threadurlbit2\\\">thread1-threadtitle.html</label></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n',
2,
0,
1,
'dc001'
),
(
'',
'dcseogrp',
'1',
'1',
'free',
'<table>\r\n<tr valign=\\\"top\\\">\r\n <td><input type=\\\"radio\\\" name=\\\"setting[$setting[varname]]\\\" id=\\\"profileurlbit1\\\" value=\\\"1\\\" tabindex=\\\"1\\\" \" . iif($setting[\'value\'] == 1, \'checked=\"checked\"\') . \" /></td>\r\n <td class=\\\"smallfont\\\"><label for=\\\"profileurlbit1\\\">user1-username.html</label></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr valign=\\\"top\\\">\r\n <td><input type=\\\"radio\\\" name=\\\"setting[$setting[varname]]\\\" id=\\\"profileurlbit2\\\" value=\\\"2\\\" tabindex=\\\"1\\\" \" . iif($setting[\'value\'] == 2, \'checked=\"checked\"\') . \" /></td>\r\n <td class=\\\"smallfont\\\"><label for=\\\"profileurlbit2\\\">member1-username.html</label></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr valign=\\\"top\\\">\r\n <td><input type=\\\"radio\\\" name=\\\"setting[$setting[varname]]\\\" id=\\\"profileurlbit3\\\" value=\\\"2\\\" tabindex=\\\"1\\\" \" . iif($setting[\'value\'] == 3, \'checked=\"checked\"\') . \" /></td>\r\n <td class=\\\"smallfont\\\"><label for=\\\"profileurlbit3\\\">profile1-username.html</label></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>',
3,
0,
1,
'dc001'
);

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry '' for key 1
Error Number : 1062
Date : Thursday, January 19th 2006 @ 02:31:31 AM
Script : http://www.monster-designs.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.monster-designs.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd

Username : Black Cobra
Classname : vb_database

That was the problem i got when i installed it.

I am running vb 3.5.3 and the latest version form your site. this is a first time install.

[loonytune15]

I then got this error while trying to access a forum:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: clean_title() in /home/monster/public_html/forums/seourls.php on line 62

Could have something to do with the install prob i'm guessing

[Dean C]

You didn't upload all the files it said to in the readme.txt file.

[Masiello]

Hello :) I have a simple question, the new GOLD release does it allow to change style from any position of the forum?

[Dean C]

Hello :) I have a simple question, the new GOLD release does it allow to change style from any position of the forum?

Sorry I don't understand what you are asking?

[ferrarislave]

Awsome mod Dean! Thanks!

Here it is running live on my forum:

http://www.exotixboard.com/f11-showroom.html
http://www.exotixboard.com/f9-off-topic.html

:squareeyed:

[jdingman]

I believe it un-necessary to rewrite usernames :)

But I wonder, why would you rewrite the rest of the board and keep usernames un-rewritten? I think it would be useful, I've had quite a few hits just for my user pages a lone and it would make it look cleaner - - in my opinion. Maybe you could add it to the xml file and leave it as an option to enable/disable?

[Masiello]

Sorry I don't understand what you are asking?

Ok Dean, for example: If I am on this thread forum (my forum), is only a casual thread:
http://www.lottosqueeze.org/forum/f11-discussioni-sul-lotto-e-superenalotto.html

and try to change my forum style from the bottom page, for example I select style "Forum", it dont change to this theme (style)..

well, but if I go on the index page:
http://www.lottosqueeze.org/forum/index.php

and try now to change the style, it allow to change and viceversa to other style in menu.

EDIT: however I still use the old version of this thread and not the new beta version of DC SEO

[Dean C]

Install the new version Antonio. This was fixed a long time ago :)

[bold]

hmm it's only rewriting some my forum urls in forumhome.

[muratozcirpici]

hello ;

i'm using vb 3.5.2 version. and installed this hack.

i think good hack but have some problems.

1) my forum is turkish. and not support non-english chars.
2) showing categories and forums in forum home but not showing new replies my forum home page

example : http://forum.fun.gen.tr

please check.

waiting update :)
(my english some bad :) sorry.)

thanks.

[Dean C]

bold + muratozcirpici: Install the latest beta from my forum. The information has been posted on the last couple of pages :) I won't be releasing the latest version here until it's stable.

[muratozcirpici]

i want to download latest beta version. but i don't know your forum.

what is your forum url ?

[bold]

hey mura,

http://www.teckreviews.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15
Password = dcseobeta

[muratozcirpici]

hey mura,

http://www.teckreviews.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15
Password = dcseobeta


wow, thanks bold.

[Dean C]

bold: the reason I posted it in code tags before is to prevent unlicensed users getting the pass. Please don't do it again!

[Masiello]

Hey Dean, I like very much yuor Forum Style, Where I found it? :)
Great your Portal, Very nice and Tech.. cool....

[bold]

bold: the reason I posted it in code tags before is to prevent unlicensed users getting the pass. Please don't do it again!

Sorry! My bad, Dean! Edited my post.

[Masiello]

Please, an Urgent help, I've try to install the beta DC SEO, but when I upload via product it go in tilt and advanced continuig wihtout install, and return this message:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO datastore ( title , data)
VALUES ('sitemapcache', '');

MySQL Error : Table 'lottosqueeze-org_1.datastore' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Monday, January 23rd 2006 @ 11:27:52 AM
Script : http://www.lottosqueeze.org/forum/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer : http://www.lottosqueeze.org/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 82.55.251.40
Username : sQueeZe
Classname : vb_database


P.S: And now The FORUM DONT WORK...

[Masiello]

I have reinstalled my old version to work again, fiuuuu :) what ASS I have :)

[loonytune15]

You didn't upload all the files it said to in the readme.txt file.

I uploaded the 4 files it said about. So if there are more then i'm missing them from the zip i downloaded.

I tried reuploading what i had and it still didn't work.

Got the first problem again.

[Blackhat]

I cant change templates from the bottom drop down meny anymore after installing this. Is there a fix for that?

[Dean C]

I uploaded the 4 files it said about. So if there are more then i'm missing them from the zip i downloaded.

I tried reuploading what i had and it still didn't work.

Got the first problem again.

Where are you installing it? URL?

[Dean C]

I cant change templates from the bottom drop down meny anymore after installing this. Is there a fix for that?

Install the latest beta at my forums. Details can be found on how to access it on the preview few pages :)

[loonytune15]

www.monster-designs.com/forums

if thats what you mean?

[Blackhat]

A little of topic, but is that Quote system of yours available for download somewhere? :)

[Dean C]

What quote system :)?

[Blackhat]

What quote system :)?

Sorry, I was refering to loonytune15's website :)

[bloggerMel]

awesome, works great

[the_sisko]

I installed this one on my Testboard and had some problems. The [L] flag won't work for me. I used the [R] flag and also some combination of both. I all cases it worked, but I get the old URL style "forumdisplay.php?f=xxx" after useing the new link.

Is there something I'm missing? We are using Apache2. Our access logs shows me a 400 error when I use the [L] flag alone.

Any idea?

[Dean C]

Make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled in httpd.conf (uncomment the LoadModule line IIRC) :)

[croportal]

how can i deinstall completely your hack, thanks

[loonytune15]

@Black hat its the quotes database hack by Captain steve.

@Dean C any ideas on my prob??

[Afrika]

wonderful tool. :classic:
I want to use it in an german board and maybe it is possible to replace the öäü's in something like this:
$fromtitle = array('und', ' ', 'ä', 'ö', 'ü', 'ß');
$totitle = array('-', '-', 'ae', 'oe', 'ue', 'ss');
$titlenew = strtolower(str_replace($fromtitle, $totitle, $title));
So it is für any languages useful.

2. i use also the vBadvanced Portal. How can I rewrite the Urls there too?

[croportal]

anyone now how can i unnistal this

[Afrika]

anyone now how can i unnistal this
You can delete it in the plug-in Manager (2 x )

[croportal]

but htacces, i must remove from htacces, and deleted like a product and dont know????

[Afrika]

If you copy the original .htacess into your webspace, you can delete it, but you must not.
If you loaded it as a plugin, you have to delete it as a plugin ;)

[the_sisko]

I installed this one on my Testboard and had some problems. The [L] flag won't work for me. I used the [R] flag and also some combination of both. I all cases it worked, but I get the old URL style "forumdisplay.php?f=xxx" after useing the new link.

Is there something I'm missing? We are using Apache2. Our access logs shows me a 400 error when I use the [L] flag alone.

Any idea?

Found it! My ************ confixx server software placed the rewrite rules in the virtualhost part, not in the directory. So putting it into the directory part worked.

[redspider]

if I click from main page to a forum section this hack work but if I click from main page to any threat dont work .

how can I fix this?

[Michael2]

Awesome, seems to work perfectly, now to see if it's effective! :) Thanks!

[GamerJunk.net]

I had the VB SEO installed and it gave me problems. This one is working nicely, thanks

[Afrika]

I try to include the vbadvanced portal in the xml file like this:
OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'adv_index'
but the link in the template is:
<td class="<if condition="$show['lastpost']">alt1<else />alt2</if>"><span class="smallfont">
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$thread[forumid]">$thread[forumtitle]</a>
</span></td>
</if>
I dont fint out where the $thread[forumtitle] is generated for the adv_portal_latesttopicbits.

[Snake]

I had the VB SEO installed and it gave me problems. This one is working nicely, thanks

You've got to be kidding me...

[jdingman]

I found that a little suspicious as well. VBSeo is far better than any free application, in my opinion.

I'm still wondering, is there an easy way to rewrite user's pages so everything is rewritten, not just forums and threads?

Also, is there anyway to rewrite it so when someone goes to showthread.php or whatever, that it redirects to the proper mod_Rewritten page? I don't want anyone being able to go to a regular thread, just the rewritten threads.

[Afrika]

is it also possible to rewrite the forums too?
I mean the Links in the navigation forumdisplay & page=xx

[GamerJunk.net]

I have 20 replies before page splits, yet this hack forces my showthread to be 10, so it results in my forumdisplay to have the page numbers based on 20 replies and inside the thread there is 4 pages, when my thread should only be 2.

[the_sisko]

We stress tested the hack on our beta board and found one strange thing. If you name the a thread like this: "p2p macht das Forum kaputt, hehe" you will get "http://************/t19-p2p-macht-das-forum-kaputt-hehe.html"
You will always get to the second page off this thread. Also the pagenav for page shows: "http://******/t19-p-p2p-macht-das-forum-kaputt-hehe.html" you will get to the second page. I believe the first page must have a "p1" instead of only a "p".

[vau7]

Yeah, i habe got ome or two Threads, where i always getting started at the second site.

[jdingman]

Yeah, i habe got ome or two Threads, where i always getting started at the second site.

I think the 'newestpost' should be rewritten too because it's still showing the php file for that. This plugin needs some updating to rewrite everything instead of just bits and pieces....

[sde]

Also, is there anyway to rewrite it so when someone goes to showthread.php or whatever, that it redirects to the proper mod_Rewritten page? I don't want anyone being able to go to a regular thread, just the rewritten threads.mod rewrite doesn't handle db lookups, so it would not know the name of the thread by the url itself.

something would have to be created in php itself. it would need to read the url and make a query if the pattern matched showthread.php.

I haven't read through this entire thread so I appologize if this has been mentioned, but I noticed that the 'whos online' area will not display correctly if a user is viewing a re-written thread.

It just shows 'viewing thread' without the link below it. You can tell they are viewing a re-written url by hovering over the question mark.

[vau7]

I've got a idea as alittle workaround for the WOL-Problem:

Couldn't you take the inforamtion, displayed in on the questionmark and parse it to the Line below "viewing Thread: " ?

You can see it by the URL which Thread it is and its mor comfortable then waiting for the alt-tag on each single user..

[argash]

Worked like a charm. Any easy way to add in the rewrite for usernames as well?

I think your looking for this http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81914

[kontrabass]

I have 20 replies before page splits, yet this hack forces my showthread to be 10, so it results in my forumdisplay to have the page numbers based on 20 replies and inside the thread there is 4 pages, when my thread should only be 2.

Ditto. This hack breaks any user's preference as to how many posts they want per page, and does all at 10 posts per page :(

[e-brooker]

Hello Dean

If I install this mod but later decide to uninstall it, is there anyway to modify the htaccess so that any mod-rewritten pages indexed by google still find their way to the correct thread?

[Bhuwan]

Any known problems with this hack b4 i install?

[e-brooker]

Hello Dean

If I install this mod but later decide to uninstall it, is there anyway to modify the htaccess so that any mod-rewritten pages indexed by google still find their way to the correct thread?

Does anyone know how to do this please?

[jlaine]

Ditto. This hack breaks any user's preference as to how many posts they want per page, and does all at 10 posts per page :(

The latest version does no such thing, I use 40 posts per page based on my preferences - the most recent beta was/is available on the teckreviews site mentioned in earlier posts.

[jamshed]

HELP !!!!!!


Many of my members are reporting that they are recieveing 404 errors after we've installed this MOD.

Some members are recieveing this error and some are not ?????

PLEASE HELP !!

[SARA75]

Hi all !
First of all, sorry for my bed english, I'm form Italy :o
I have a little problem after the installation of this mod: if in one forum I have a discussion of (as in my forum) 22 pages, if I click on "go to last page" I'm redirected to the 2nd page and not to the 22nd !
Checking the link I found http://www.xxxxxxx.com/forum/t27-p2-problemi.html
I suppose that t27 means thread nr. 27
and p2 means page 2 but this is not correct as I have 22 pages and not 2 !
How can I solve this problem ?
Thanks for your help.

Sara

[jlaine]

Hi all !
First of all, sorry for my bed english, I'm form Italy :o
I have a little problem after the installation of this mod: if in one forum I have a discussion of (as in my forum) 22 pages, if I click on "go to last page" I'm redirected to the 2nd page and not to the 22nd !
Checking the link I found http://www.xxxxxxx.com/forum/t27-p2-problemi.html
I suppose that t27 means thread nr. 27
and p2 means page 2 but this is not correct as I have 22 pages and not 2 !
How can I solve this problem ?
Thanks for your help.

Sara

Get the newest beta - available @ teckreviews.com...

...err... Site appears to be down...

Then again, support and development seems to be dwindling, you may be better served going to a different product - I'm pondering the move myself as it appears things are going to the wayside with this particular release and there are still minor problems with the newest beta.

[Alfa1]

Dean, do you have any news on when to expect your total SEO solution?

[Danecookie]

Hi,

many who register at my forums ecounter the problem that the URL changes to http://www.slipen.com/forum//f60-general-talk.html .. you can see that there are 2 > // , slashes here, and they get a 404 error, but after sometime the url changes back to normal i.e http://www.slipen.com/forum/f8-anime.html ..

this happene with all the links of the forums.

Please suggest a solution

[Danecookie]

where are you man ?!!!!!!!!!!

[Gastongr]

i just read all the 47 thread pages!
This is a great hack but still needs some work. Give Dean some time.
To those who want a number of posts per page different than 10 and don't want to update (or can't update) to the latest beta version, you can replace

pp=10

in the .htaccess file for anything you want

I have 20 replies before page splits, yet this hack forces my showthread to be 10, so it results in my forumdisplay to have the page numbers based on 20 replies and inside the thread there is 4 pages, when my thread should only be 2.
changing pp=20 will solve that

[Gastongr]

Get the newest beta - available @ teckreviews.com...

...err... Site appears to be down...
Can someone with the latest beta pm me?
I'd like to use that version.
Thanks
Gaston

[tuoberg]

i just read all the 47 thread pages!
This is a great hack but still needs some work. Give Dean some time.
To those who want a number of posts per page different than 10 and don't want to update (or can't update) to the latest beta version, you can replace

pp=10

in the .htaccess file for anything you want


changing pp=20 will solve that
thanks dude, I was looking for this solution for a long time. great help. :D

[BeaLzeBuB]

how i uninstall this ?

i delete .htaccess file but nothing happened


edit : done

[VBUsers]

works great . the only Q i have is i had a prior .htaccess file there. do i just overwrite it and leave it alone?

[beezo]

does Google penalize you if you have the regular URL like url/showthread.php?t=3333 and the mod rewrite URL url/t3333-this-subject-in-rewrite.html that points to the same page. Is this duplicate content?

The reason I am asking is my forum is not indexed on 2 of my sites and is indexed OK on another one. I was wondering if this mod would hurt indexing when google spiders through the non-rewrite urls.

[geek1234]

This works like a dream, but I'm curious if all you guys knew how to tweak the .htaccess file. I actually took the guts of the .htaccess from a post on the front page of this thread. From the looks of this thread, it seems this script actually writes the .htaccess file for you and all you do is copy and upload.

Does this script write the .htaccess reg exp code for you? Or is everyone but me a regular expression expert?

[geek1234]

<added> and I still don't quite understand why the "new post" page can't be done...I can understnad why the "last post" can't be done, but you'd think the "new post" page could at least be done as the urls there are: showthread.php?t=####

Or is there a new upload and I haven't figured out how to get it?

[jugo]

does Google penalize you if you have the regular URL like url/showthread.php?t=3333 and the mod rewrite URL url/t3333-this-subject-in-rewrite.html that points to the same page. Is this duplicate content?

The reason I am asking is my forum is not indexed on 2 of my sites and is indexed OK on another one. I was wondering if this mod would hurt indexing when google spiders through the non-rewrite urls.


Yes duplicate content will get you some issues with Google. BUT there is a solution. Create or edit your robots.txt file to include your Forum's PHP Files.

This way only your SEO'ed content will be spidered.