vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin

[Bhuwan]

A little update...
I've been playing around with the code..it seems the issue of random threads being loaded has to dowith the hook named "vRewrite Redirects" in global_start.
I disabled it and it works like a champ
I'm off to 2nd job and will play around with the code to see if I can help witha solution :)

I am still having problems witht he username -- go back a few posts for more details:)
bhuwan

[sysop2]

Thank you bchawla for looking into the issues, i really want to install this, but i always read of and get errors with this extension. Hey Immortal, hope can get the last few things fixed :) This would be REAL GREAT :D

Greetz - ~sysop2~

[Bhuwan]

Thank you bchawla for looking into the issues, i really want to install this, but i always read of and get errors with this extension. Hey Immortal, hope can get the last few things fixed :) This would be REAL GREAT :D

Greetz - ~sysop2~What type of errors?

[Bhuwan]

Immortal-
A moderator brought to my attention that there is sitill a merge bug.
If you use inline merging it works great, however, if you try and merge to a thread (by entering the URL) it gives an error.
I've been trying to find a hook to take care of the 'conversion' but have been unlucky.


Outstanding bugs I can think of:
1) Merge issue (inline works okay)
2) FIXED - Incorrect member.php linking
3) Markforums - still produces an error (I think I know of a fix)
4) FIXED - Directly clicking on a THREAD from index.php produces incorrect thread linking (traced to URL rewriting).
5) TEMP FIXED those running vbGallery (and possibily other scripts which use /dir within forums dir) will have problems - cause of this is headinclude's baseurl
I'll try and see what I can do (though I doubt it will be much!)
thanks! :)

EDIT: #5 added, fixed #2

[Immortal]

Hm, darn thought I fixed that :(

Thanks for the list :)

[Bhuwan]

Hm, darn thought I fixed that :(

Thanks for the list :)
Hey Immortal

I was thinking about about a work around for the IE bug (attachment timeouts). Why are making newthread.php & newpost.php SEO friendly? Spider bots cant access these parts of the site anyways, so it seems logical to exclude them. By not including this, I think you should automatically resolve the issue.
What do you think?

[Immortal]

They can't actually post, but they still can see the URL. So I thought it would make sense just to rewrite them. But, that's not the attachment problems with the IE. It's just because it's in a different directory, and IE doesn't recognize base href for that section of vB.

[Bhuwan]

They can't actually post, but they still can see the URL. So I thought it would make sense just to rewrite them. But, that's not the attachment problems with the IE. It's just because it's in a different directory, and IE doesn't recognize base href for that section of vB.That's wha tI mean - if you were to remove the newpost.php redirection, it would be in the standard directory and thus no problems :)

[Immortal]

I can try, didn't even think about that. I'll test on it shortly :) (after Lunch)

[Bhuwan]

I can try, didn't even think about that. I'll test on it shortly :) (after Lunch)Are you talking to me? I did that for my forums and it works great :) (No stupid IE buds :))


@ everyone @
I found the fix for the incorrect user linking (links to incorrect user), I will PM immortal the details and have him verify :)

[yayvb]

Hmm, I never had an incorrect user problem. The links always brought me to the right place I think. Or, maybe not?? I can't remember.

YAHOOOOOO!!! This sounds like it will also fix the problem with the links on the front FORUMHOME not working (since those are NEWPOST links) right?

I really hope this works!! :) I was just thinking how my site is growing, but only a couple of members each day. I'm nowhere in the search results and the forums I've visited tell me exactly why. I don't know how they can tell, but I've asked and some people tell me which listings of mine are in the search engines and which listings google is having trouble with, etc. (ie. I was told it doesn't like my link www.420boards.com/420kid for my profile). This should fix everything right up guys!!

Thanks so much everyone (in advance) haha.

[yayvb]

Once this problem is fixed, I guess the next few steps will be to add some features to the product. :) For instance I think everyone is always saying that you know which commercial seo product doesn't just rewrite URLs, it also does this and that and that and this, etc.

Because this is a free product and not commercial, is there any problem with us finding out which great features they use and implementing our own version of some of the features? I would imagine that's ok, because how can they say that no one else can do something like this, when they won't even let sites like mine buy their product.

I'll see if I can find any ideas.

[Bhuwan]

Hmm, I never had an incorrect user problem. The links always brought me to the right place I think. Or, maybe not?? I can't remember.

YAHOOOOOO!!! This sounds like it will also fix the problem with the links on the front FORUMHOME not working (since those are NEWPOST links) right?

I really hope this works!! :) I was just thinking how my site is growing, but only a couple of members each day. I'm nowhere in the search results and the forums I've visited tell me exactly why. I don't know how they can tell, but I've asked and some people tell me which listings of mine are in the search engines and which listings google is having trouble with, etc. (ie. I was told it doesn't like my link www.420boards.com/420kid (http://www.420boards.com/420kid) for my profile). This should fix everything right up guys!!

Thanks so much everyone (in advance) haha.The links on the front page don't work at all for you or they are directed towards the wrong thread?


I think I have a fix for the thredds being redirected to the wrong thread (Once again PM'im immortal)

[John Diver]

Any bugs with this now?

Really looking forward to giving it a go on one of my sites :)

[Bhuwan]

Any bugs with this now?

Really looking forward to giving it a go on one of my sites :)
I can't speak for Immortal (remember this is HIS hack), but I PERSONALLY think that 1.0 is stable enough to run. It has a few annoyances, which hopefully will be fixed soon enough.

[Bhuwan]

Immortal-
A moderator brought to my attention that there is sitill a merge bug.
If you use inline merging it works great, however, if you try and merge to a thread (by entering the URL) it gives an error.
I've been trying to find a hook to take care of the 'conversion' but have been unlucky.


Outstanding bugs I can think of:
1) Merge issue (inline works okay)
2) FIXED - Incorrect member.php linking
3) Markforums - still produces an error (I think I know of a fix)
4) FIXED - Directly clicking on a THREAD from index.php produces incorrect thread linking (traced to URL rewriting).
5) TEMP FIXED those running vbGallery (and possibily other scripts which use /dir within forums dir) will have problems - cause of this is headinclude's baseurl
I'll try and see what I can do (though I doubt it will be much!)
thanks! :)

EDIT: #5 added, fixed #2

just an update to make sure everything is covered

6) BEING FIXED - showthread.php <-- error page
7)BEING FIXED - showthread.php?t=<--needs to fixed
8)BEING FIXED - showthread.php?p= <--needs to fixed
9) if youedit or delete a post, your taken to the top post (needs to be fixed to be same as stock vBulletin

Is there anything elsE?

[yayvb]

just an update to make sure everything is covered

6) BEING FIXED - showthread.php <-- error page
7)BEING FIXED - showthread.php?t=<--needs to fixed
8)BEING FIXED - showthread.php?p= <--needs to fixed
9) if youedit or delete a post, your taken to the top post (needs to be fixed to be same as stock vBulletin

Is there anything elsE?

I don't think I was having all of those problems, I think the problem that I saw was with the NEWPOST links on the front bringing everyone to the wrong place. So I can't wait to see what you did.

*EDIT* Oh, I haven't noticed #9 above, maybe that was a problem I was having without knowing.

[Immortal]

I would like to thank bchawla, for all the hard work he's putting in.

John, I've been running it on my board for quite awhile now. But, a new version is about to be release, bchawla is a machine! :D

[Bhuwan]

I would like to thank bchawla, for all the hard work he's putting in.

John, I've been running it on my board for quite awhile now. But, a new version is about to be release, bchawla is a machine! :D

hah! thanks! call me bhuwan :)

[Bhuwan]

I don't think I was having all of those problems, I think the problem that I saw was with the NEWPOST links on the front bringing everyone to the wrong place. So I can't wait to see what you did.

*EDIT* Oh, I haven't noticed #9 above, maybe that was a problem I was having without knowing.

Some of these you ma ynot notice -- I have very picky members and moderators. In fact I want everything to be perfect myself lol.
But 6, 7,8 are definately bugs, take a look
Showthread.php Bug #6 (http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php)
showthread.php?t= bug #7 (http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=)
showthread.php?p= bug #8 (http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?p=)

Thanks!
P.S. the newpost from the front page is RESOLVED - unless Immortal tells me otherwise! :)

EDIT: I'm talking about being redirected to the wrong thread from FORUMHOME. Basically what your talking about LOL! I have a tendency to conufse people! :banana:

[yayvb]

I just took out that part of the .xml and from the .htaccess file and it does work (doesn't rewrite the front NEWPOST urls) woohoo. I scrolled down to see that it also didn't rewrite the NEWPOST urls on my xstats hack on the bottom of my site (lists recent posts, new members, top posters) which is good also.

However for some reason hovering over the usernames I saw that they were rather messed up. Some blatanly said other peoples user URLS rewritten, I saw mine for instance on someone elses, etc. I disabled the rewrite thing again to check to see the original .html output for the xstats on the bottom of my site and see it's just a simple member link http://www.420boards.com/member.php?u=1 and they all go to their correct locations.

Once rewritten the usernames on the rest of the site seem to work, but on the xstats I've noticed otherwise. I'll look further into this.

*EDIT* It looks like I see the bug in other places, but the only other place I found so far is the moderators box in a forum where you have several moderators. :) I can let that one slide somehow, I can disable showing mods if I have to. :)

Also it looks like when it's happening it's using someone elses rewritten URL and attaching the user ID to the end of an existing persons. For instance. My rewritten URL is this: http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html but I see another member has this: http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html4 or http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html8

:( Any ideas? As I said you can see instead of their userid in these cases generating their own rewritten url, it uses mine and spits it's own user id to the end.??

[Bhuwan]

I just took out that part of the .xml and from the .htaccess file and it does work (doesn't rewrite the front NEWPOST urls) woohoo. I scrolled down to see that it also didn't rewrite the NEWPOST urls on my xstats hack on the bottom of my site (lists recent posts, new members, top posters) which is good also.

However for some reason hovering over the usernames I saw that they were rather messed up. Some blatanly said other peoples user URLS rewritten, I saw mine for instance on someone elses, etc. I disabled the rewrite thing again to check to see the original .html output for the xstats on the bottom of my site and see it's just a simple member link http://www.420boards.com/member.php?u=1 and they all go to their correct locations.

Once rewritten the usernames on the rest of the site seem to work, but on the xstats I've noticed otherwise. I'll look further into this.

Are you talking about something like "u-420kid-1.html14" <-- " Amanda420 (http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html14)'s profile"

If so, I sent Tyler the fix, I am sur ehe'll make a new release in a few days.
I am very excited, I think most, if not all, of the known bugs will be fixed in his next update :)
We just have to be patient :)

[Bhuwan]

I just took out that part of the .xml and from the .htaccess file and it does work (doesn't rewrite the front NEWPOST urls) woohoo. I scrolled down to see that it also didn't rewrite the NEWPOST urls on my xstats hack on the bottom of my site (lists recent posts, new members, top posters) which is good also.

However for some reason hovering over the usernames I saw that they were rather messed up. Some blatanly said other peoples user URLS rewritten, I saw mine for instance on someone elses, etc. I disabled the rewrite thing again to check to see the original .html output for the xstats on the bottom of my site and see it's just a simple member link http://www.420boards.com/member.php?u=1 and they all go to their correct locations.

Once rewritten the usernames on the rest of the site seem to work, but on the xstats I've noticed otherwise. I'll look further into this.

*EDIT* It looks like I see the bug in other places, but the only other place I found so far is the moderators box in a forum where you have several moderators. :) I can let that one slide somehow, I can disable showing mods if I have to. :)

Also it looks like when it's happening it's using someone elses rewritten URL and attaching the user ID to the end of an existing persons. For instance. My rewritten URL is this: http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html but I see another member has this: http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html4 or http://www.420boards.com/u-420kid-1.html8

:( Any ideas? As I said you can see instead of their userid in these cases generating their own rewritten url, it uses mine and spits it's own user id to the end.??
Yeah this has been fixed. It was happening because the text was matching
member.php?u=userid

when it should have matched something like
member.php?u=userid'

That';s why you sometimes see a number after the .html -- it wasn't matching the full userid which caused this :)

[yayvb]

Sure you don't want to send me the fix and I'll make it right now to hold off until the new version comes out? You can pm me shh he won't mind. ;)

[Bhuwan]

Sure you don't want to send me the fix and I'll make it right now to hold off until the new version comes out? You can pm me shh he won't mind. ;)I am two steps ahead of you - I pm'd yalready :)

[Bhuwan]

Sure you don't want to send me the fix and I'll make it right now to hold off until the new version comes out? You can pm me shh he won't mind. ;)I see you've implmented theFIX and it works ...I hope! :)

I'm off to bed! Longggggggg day at work tomorrow!!!

[Immortal]

Have a good night and thanks :)

Hopefully a new release will be released very shortly.

[yayvb]

Just so everyone knows, it works great now and I have Yahoo and MSN spiders right now spidering my new rewritten urls!!! Unbelievable!!

[yayvb]

Oh no... :(

Although the NEWPOST urls aren't being rewritten, they still bring you to the wrong page. :( I probably didn't remove enough from the .xml file, I should probably wait to see the update. Please hurry!! :)

*EDIT* It was just because I didn't remove a couple additional lines in the .xml file. All is well for now, but I can't wait for the update. :)

[John Diver]

Looking good, do you know when the next update will be on?

Going to install it after the next update.

Thanks!

[Immortal]

Hmm, I don't like saying updates John, as then when I don't meet it, it reflects bad upon myself.

Maybe sometime this week/next week?

[yayvb]

Hey Immortal,

I was just noticing a problem with trying to delete a single post and seemed to have the same error performing other moderation things. I wonder if it is because I took out a line or two of the .xml file hahaha. I didn't see this reported in this thread, but I saw someone asking in vbulletin.com yesterday the same error message as me.

I'm getting an error message at the top of the forum during those things, apparently someone else on vbulletin.com is too: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176653

Has anyone mentioned this before? I tried looking at my inlinemod_start hook code and saw this:
if(preg_match("(t-)([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+).html$", $vbulletin->GPC['mergethreadurl'], $tmatches))
{
$vbulletin->GPC['mergethreadurl'] =& 'showthread.php?t=' . $tmatches[3];
}
Is this valid?

[Immortal]

Yah, I know about that. There was a complete list a few pages back :)

[Bhuwan]

Yah, I know about that. There was a complete list a few pages back :)
the only solution I could find for this was a FILE MOD :(

[e-brooker]

Hi

Just a few suggestions:

The f is not really needed in the the forum display url: techhelpforum.com/f-windows-xp-11.html (in fact it would be better if it were not there from a search engines perspective)

The t is also not really needed in the thread display url: techhelpforum.com/windows-xp/t-how-to-do-a-repair-install-of-xp-439.html (again, it would be better if it were not there)

However the forum number should be present in the thread display url - because many of us make slight changes to our forum names from time to time so making sure the forum number is the 'key' should ensure no deadlinks if we change forum titles in the future :)

Would also be beneficial if the latest post links show the same urls as the main urls (and not a new url eg techhelpforum.com/windows-xp/t-how-to-do-a-repair-install-of-xp-439newpost.html like some rewrites do). So techhelpforum.com/windows-xp/t-how-to-do-a-repair-install-of-xp-439.html#post522484 is preffered.

Would also be great if once a reply is made the person is directed back to the mod-rewritten url (as going to a showthread.php url might make google think its duplicate content as adsense will pick up the url..).

Sounds like a nice hack! Look forward to seeing it develop :)

[Immortal]

The t-, f- and p- helps vRewrite tells which is which. There's really no other way to accomplish this without changing a good majority of the script.

As far as newpost is concerned, that part doesn't have a problems as you will get redirected back to the t- (not the p- mind ya ;)). SEOs really doesn't see this as duplicate content.

As far as the reply URL is concerned, make sure you have vRewrite Redirects enabled.

[e-brooker]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me.

The t-, f- and p- helps vRewrite tells which is which. There's really no other way to accomplish this without changing a good majority of the script..
Is it possible to move these to the end of the urls instead then?

What about renaming forums/sections do the old urls using old names find their way to the correct thread once a forum is renamed?

Thanks.

[Bhuwan]

Based on Andreas suggestion earlier in this thread, I think I've found a way to DRAMATICALLY reduce thenumber of queries (hoping to make it 0).

Will keep everyone updated :)

[yayvb]

This is exciting news!! :) Can't wait to get this new release. Wish I could help but I don't know what I'm looking at half the time. ;)

[Immortal]

Wish I could help but I don't know what I'm looking at half the time. ;)

That hasn't stopped me :D

[yayvb]

UH HUH ;) Sure buddy. haha

[thediablo]

Are u updating the zip file with all the changes or we gotta go through the posts and look for the latest fix's?

[Immortal]

I am not going to release a new version until all known issues are fixed. I don't think many people would enjoy upgrading to 1.01 1.02 1.03. 1.04 all within days of each other. I don't know if any fixes were even posted at this point.

It is stable enough to run on a live board, only a few minor annoyances are going to be fixed.

[ZippySLC]

I am not going to release a new version until all known issues are fixed. I don't think many people would enjoy upgrading to 1.01 1.02 1.03. 1.04 all within days of each other. I don't know if any fixes were even posted at this point.

It is stable enough to run on a live board, only a few minor annoyances are going to be fixed.

I'm eagerly awaiting the new version. I had to disable it on my board but I really can't wait to go live again with the next version.

Thanks!

[Immortal]

I'm hoping to get it released as soon as I can :)

* Immortal now has more free time

[Bhuwan]

i've found the way to load the data without sql queries....just takes time to implmenet it all...

[jamshed]

I need help please??

I am having problem in using this mod, its giving databse error, i've seen the posts in which you've described to remove that error but its also not working??

Is this mod 100% or just flukes???

please help ??

[Immortal]

I need more info then that...

[forte]

I have the Top X Stats (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=913589) hack installed and when i click a link from it, it directs me to "http://www.game-on.info/forums/retro-gaming-and-others/t--.html" as you can see the thread title isn't fixed. Is there a way to fix it?

[jamshed]

When we click on any forum section... it gives 404 error page not found, however the mod has been installed, when we remove the mod, the forum works fine.. but again after installing it, the pages and every link on forum home gives error 404 on clicking it..

HALPPP!

[hbalagh1]

did you add the htaccess file

[jamshed]

yea man!

[forte]

@jamshed, have you edited the htaccess file with the location of your forums?

Anyway, all the links that has -newpost.html seems to just direct me to t--.html

[jamshed]

The htaccess is at forum location and below is the code of htaccess...


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/go=(.*) showthread.php?t=$3&goto=$4&is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?p=$3&is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&page=$3&order=desc&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/page(.*)daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&page=$3daysprune=$4&order=$5&sort=$6&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&daysprune=$3&order=$4&sort=$5&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^u-(.*)-(.*).html member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-newpost.html showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^markread.html forumdisplay.php?do=markread [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html#(.*) showthread.php?p=$3#post$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^print-(.*)-(.*).html printthread.php?t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendtofriend-(.*)-(.*).html sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html search.php?do=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)/newthread.php newthread.php?do=newthread&f=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpostnoquote-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpost-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^p-(.*).html showpost.php?p=$1&postcount=$1 [L]

[forte]

If you run your vB on a directory from a subdomain or root ex: http:///www.yoursite.com/forum or http://subdomain.site.com/forum you will need to open up the .htacess file and change Rewrite Base / to Rewrite Base /yourdir

My forum for example can be found on /forums so the second line of the htaccess file is

RewriteBase /forums

[jamshed]

If you run your vB on a directory from a subdomain or root ex: http:///www.yoursite.com/forum or http://subdomain.site.com/forum you will need to open up the .htacess file and change Rewrite Base / to Rewrite Base /yourdir

My forum for example can be found on /forums so the second line of the htaccess file is

RewriteBase /forums

oh, dude thanks, but another problem, that 404 error has gone but another problem arrived ..

here also, newpost.html direct to t--.html .. and also the links at top which for example are :

Forums - General Talk (Section) - Hello All (thread)

These quick links at top are not working...

[Immortal]

Uhhh....weird, it should work? There is a known bug with newpost, but that's only that it doesn't go to the correct page, and sometimes it goes to a random thread. I'll try and post a temporary fix in a few hours until 1.01 is released.

[jamshed]

OK thanks, we'll be waiting :)

[tercede]

in 3.5.4 I get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_NEW or T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/ttuohy/public_html/forums/inlinemod.php(220) : eval()'d code on line 3

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/ttuohy/public_html/forums/inlinemod.php(220) : eval()'d code:3) in /inlinemod.php on line 627

I had to turn off the "merge fix" in the plugin manager of inlinemod_start hook. Is this bug known? I mean, the merge fix is suppose to fix the merge issue but it creates an issue when someone tries to delete a post/thread I believe...

[Immortal]

Yah, I think I changed something I shouldn't of before the release :blush:

Thanks for reporting it. It should be fixed in the next release.

[ToddW]

So, at this time what are the major problems with this?
And when is the new version supposed to be released?

Thanks a bunch.
-Todd

[Immortal]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=911318&postcount=516" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=516</a>

And I honestly don't know about the new version, it could be sometime next week or next month. I'm not a fan of saying a day any more, and then not meeting it and disappointing people.

[forte]

You also need to fix the changing of skins while viewing a thread. It just refreshes it and not changing it.

[Immortal]

Hmm, that may be due to the directory.

[P.Jackson]

Right i got this installed works great! however the only thing that doesnt work is the.

Lates thread in the Last Post Collum when i click the thread title i get

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Any ideas?

[Immortal]

It's a known issue.

[P.Jackson]

aw ok

[matrix_x]

Hi.
This is the first hack I've ever done to vBulletin and now I'm hooked! So congrats to the authors, you have taken my vb hack virginity :)

I do have one "issue". Everything works fine except this. Whenever I go into a forum or a thread, clicking the Main Forums link at the top left corner (here at this forum it is the one that says "vBulletin.org Forum") causes me to go to mywebsite.com instead of mywebsite.com/forums. When I go into my admin cp however, it knows that my forum is /forums so I'm confused. Please help.

[Immortal]

Try this...

vB ACP->Plugin Manager->Plugins->Find vRewrite under "global_complete". -> Open it -> Scroll to the bottom and you should see something like str_replace('index.php',../') and remove the entire line. If you can't find it let me know.

[matrix_x]

DUDE, you my friend are the man. If you lived in Eastern Canada I'd buy you a beer. Thanks so much!

[Immortal]

haha, I appreciate the offer :D

If you find any more errors, please let me know.

[ciscoguy]

Excellent MOD. Easy install and works like a champ!

[Fuzzy Orange]

I installed this and it seemed to work well - but then when testing last night if I clicked the name of a thread on index or "show new posts" it would go to a completely unrelated thread :(

Any help?

[Fuzzy Orange]

Just noticed

4) FIXED - Directly clicking on a THREAD from index.php produces incorrect thread linking (traced to URL rewriting).

That is the error I am getting currently!

[forte]

Just found out that the threads with -newpost.html that won't work are only threads from a sub-forum.

[Immortal]

All these will be fixed in the next version, and already have been reported numerous times :)

[ciscoguy]

Minor issue I came across that I seem to have isolated to VBrewrite. I tested without VBrewrite installed and the issue is not present.

Say I have a user with userid 3 and user with a userid 33 when viewing the profile of userid 33 I get userid 3 profile.

I can post a url for a example if that would help.

Is there a way I can disable SEO'd url's for the member profiles?

Still a great mod. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Immortal]

Yah, its another known issue. That already has been corrected for 1.0.1

In order to disable that, you will need to do this:

vB ACP->Plugin Manager->Find vRewrite under global_complete->Copy it to notepad or whatever->Find Replace Users, and comment it out (/* CODE */)

[ciscoguy]

This is exactly why I chose to use VBRewrite, the active development and quick response. Issue solved. :)

Thanks again!

[redlabour]

Any news when the Update will be released ?

I know it is ready when it is ready but in the next days there is a 30,- € alternative to vBSEO released at German Hackcommunity. I like to know if it should buy it or wait.

[erhanerhan_5]

i installed this hack. i opened a thread , 404 error.

[Immortal]

This is exactly why I chose to use VBRewrite, the active development and quick response. Issue solved.

Thanks again!

I appreciate it :)

Any news when the Update will be released ?

I know it is ready when it is ready but in the next days there is a 30,- ? alternative to vBSEO released at German Hackcommunity. I like to know if it should buy it or wait.

Hopefully very soon. But a word of the wise, is be careful when buying anything "close to vBSEO".

i installed this hack. i opened a thread , 404 error.

Can you post your .htaccess and your forum URL?

[redlabour]

Hopefully very soon. But a word of the wise, is be careful when buying anything "close to vBSEO".


Don?t panic - it?s a complete new Code.

[erhanerhan_5]

my .htaccess

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1254">
</head>
<PRE>RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/go=(.*) showthread.php?t=$3&amp;goto=$4&amp;is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?p=$3&amp;is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;page=$3&amp;order=desc&amp;is_vrewri te=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/page(.*)daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;page=$3daysprune=$4&amp;order=$5 &amp;sort=$6&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;daysprune=$3&amp;order=$4&amp;sort=$ 5&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^u-(.*)-(.*).html member.php?u=$2&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-newpost.html showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&amp;page=$4&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^markread.html forumdisplay.php?do=markread [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html#(.*) showthread.php?p=$3#post$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^print-(.*)-(.*).html printthread.php?t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendtofriend-(.*)-(.*).html sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html search.php?do=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)/newthread.php newthread.php?do=newthread&amp;f=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpostnoquote-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpost-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^p-(.*).html showpost.php?p=$1&amp;postcount=$1 [L]</PRE>


im not edited.

my forum:
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/8673/ads305z2225wp.png

[Immortal]

Uhhh...why does your .htaccess have HTML in it?

But change:
RewriteBase /
To:
RewriteBase /forum

[erhanerhan_5]

Is this?

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1254">
</head>
<PRE>RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /forum
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/go=(.*) showthread.php?t=$3&amp;goto=$4&amp;is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?p=$3&amp;is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;page=$3&amp;order=desc&amp;is_vrewri te=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/page(.*)daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;page=$3daysprune=$4&amp;order=$5 &amp;sort=$6&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;daysprune=$3&amp;order=$4&amp;sort=$ 5&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^u-(.*)-(.*).html member.php?u=$2&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-newpost.html showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&amp;page=$4&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&amp;is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^markread.html forumdisplay.php?do=markread [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html#(.*) showthread.php?p=$3#post$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^print-(.*)-(.*).html printthread.php?t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendtofriend-(.*)-(.*).html sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html search.php?do=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)/newthread.php newthread.php?do=newthread&amp;f=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpostnoquote-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpost-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^p-(.*).html showpost.php?p=$1&amp;postcount=$1 [L]</PRE>





But again 404 error.

This is my forum dir
http://www.xxxxx.com/forum/index.php

[Immortal]

That is not the original .htaccess. Download it again, and open it in Notepad and then make the necessary change.

[jlaine]

/me clicks install...

I have one minor issue - I have the vBa gallery, which uses native vB templates - the line "<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'index'"> <base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" /> </if>" is conflicting and screwing up the data because the actual base href is not the bburl...

Is there any other place I can inject this, or a way I can exclude it or limit it to the forum. subdomain that the forum proper is on?

[jlaine]

And now that I've spent 10 seconds thinking about it... I'll move the few hundred megs of data into my subdomain and make it work as I think it will if I put it there, there is no reason you should need to come up with work arounds to integrate with 3rd party software.

[Immortal]

That is a lot of work Josh! You can add:
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />

To the following templates, and then remove that part in headerinclude:
FORMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD, & STANDARD_ERROR

[jlaine]

That is a lot of work Josh! You can add:
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />

To the following templates, and then remove that part in headerinclude:
FORMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD, & STANDARD_ERROR

:D

Didn't work anyway... Put it in a subdir of forum. and it didn't like it one bit. <grin>

I will definitely go the above route, thank you for pointing out the obvious... Hehe.

I definitely appreciate the fast response, I'm going to get on this and get it working now... Thanks again!

[Immortal]

No problems, let me know if everything goes okay with you :)

[jlaine]

Yes... \m/

Appears everything is in order. :) I appreciate the help.

You spurred me to moving everything forum related to the appropriate subdirectory, so I ended up keeping the gallery data there... Not a bad thing at all...

*edit*

Add the above to the newreply / newthread templates also - just in case you get anyone else that asks...

[LittleBoy1]

I have problems with the users and also with the last button of "Last Post", the users repeat some when entering the profile! =( I use vbulletin 3.5.4

[Immortal]

Yes... \m/

Appears everything is in order. :) I appreciate the help.

You spurred me to moving everything forum related to the appropriate subdirectory, so I ended up keeping the gallery data there... Not a bad thing at all...

*edit*

Add the above to the newreply template also - just in case you get anyone else that asks...

Whoops! Sorry, I wish I had a copy of the old install.html, and I would know all this.

I have problems with the users and also with the last button of "Last Post", the users repeat some when entering the profile! =( I use vbulletin 3.5.4

All fixed in 1.0.1 :)

[jlaine]

I'm having major beef, we've apparently narrowed it down to a single user... (whee!)

The username is rich'00, and if he's in any page display ie:

http://forum.carstereos.org/f-official-re-audio-forum-40-page2.html

(he's in page 2 of this, it works now because I had do disable the product, but if I enable it, you get this error message)

Invalid SQL:
SELECT userid, username FROM user WHERE username='Rich'00';

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '00'' at line 1 Error Number : 1064
Date : Saturday, March 11th 2006 @ 06:57:38 PM
Script : http://forum.carstereos.org/f-for-sale-8.html
Referrer : http://forum.carstereos.org/
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vB_Database

[Immortal]

I'll play with it for a bit, thanks for the bug report :)

[b4stu]

Clicks install. but how long to before those bugs (lastpost + user) gets resolved. last post bug is making my members upset! But great hack!

[gembels]

I think this mod make my forums reinstalled and still dangerous for newbie if sumtin like do "Updates Counters" and you cannot login anymore.. couz redirect page unknown error

[LittleBoy1]

All fixed in 1.0.1 :)
thank u for ur work actually a new version for the 3.5.4 :banana:
:bunny:

[b4stu]

Whoops! Sorry, I wish I had a copy of the old install.html, and I would know all this.



All fixed in 1.0.1 :)

thank u for ur work actually a new version for the 3.5.4 :banana:
:bunny:



did i miss something?? where is version V1.01?? And what is that thread update info that you added under "Change Log" info

[Immortal]

1.0.1 is still in development and has not been released at this moment.

[hydn]

my host does not support .htaccess files. Can this still work?

[Immortal]

Afraid not. But your host should support .htaccess and it has many many many great functions...

[Gehanna]

Installed. :)

Thank You!

[Smiry Kin's]

my host does not support .htaccess files. Can this still work?
it prob does, but the file isnt viewable. just edit it on your desktop in notepad or another program. :)

[yayvb]

Oh boy I'm getting excited, I bet the new version is going to be out soon!! Woohoo, awesome job Immortal. :) I wish I could hire you some day for some extra customization on both of my vb sites. :) You're awesome.

[Immortal]

It's not all me! Bhuwan has been a HUGE help :)

[yayvb]

Wow. The problem is that I'm a stoner because I remember this now. :) hah

[BeaLzeBuB]

great thx.. installed

but can you fix Turkish letters ?
"ş" to "s"
"ı" to "i"
"ö" to "o"
"ü" to "u"
"ç" to "c"
"ğ" to "g"

my forum name is "mizah paylaşım"
it rewriten "mizah-paylatym", maybe changed "mihaz-paylasim"

[Smiry Kin's]

wot cud be added to this? has everything? lol

:BeaLzeBuB if out how, ask the person to work out it for !, etc etc everything other character a user can put in there name, lol would be geat dude,

[Immortal]

That would be many many lines of code, sorry.

[BeaLzeBuB]

maybe it will be in vers 2.0 ? ;)

[Immortal]

I highly doubt it, as that's a 1 line of code for each symbol..Sorry.

[DementedMindz]

i just tried to install this today but i get a error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: urlize() in /includes/functions.php on line 4598

on that line is this

$username = urlize($u['username'])

what would cause this?

[Bhuwan]

i just tried to install this today but i get a error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: urlize() in /includes/functions.php on line 4598

on that line is this

$username = urlize($u['username'])

what would cause this?

What version of vBulletin?

[DementedMindz]

3.5.4 the newest

[Immortal]

What happens if you disable vRewrite Redirects plguin?

[DementedMindz]

if i disable it nothing it still shows the error the only way for me to get the error to go away is to remove the product

[Immortal]

Honestly I'm not too sure...The function is declared at the bottom of vRewrite in global_complete...

[DementedMindz]

i wonder if it could be from the cache system i just installed cause that edits /includes/functions.php but what is strange is with the cache sysytem nothing else errors out **puzzled**

[Bhuwan]

you could try removing the urlize calls and see what happens that way.

[Immortal]

vRewrite 1.0.1 will not be released. Bhuwan and I are currently alpha testing vRewrite 1.5. 1.5 is a complete rewrite of vRewrite, and uses a very small amount of queries. Most, if not all, credit goes to Bhuwan for his hard work and dedication to 1.5. I don't want to do any dates, but we are getting very close to sending vRewrite 1.5 Beta to our "beta team" and then as a beta on vB.org.

Thanks everyone :)

[erhanerhan_5]

That is not the original .htaccess. Download it again, and open it in Notepad and then make the necessary change.

i received again errors :(

Whats your .htaccess. Please give me

[b4stu]

vRewrite 1.0.1 will not be released. Bhuwan and I are currently alpha testing vRewrite 1.5. 1.5 is a complete rewrite of vRewrite, and uses a very small amount of queries. Most, if not all, credit goes to Bhuwan for his hard work and dedication to 1.5. I don't want to do any dates, but we are getting very close to sending vRewrite 1.5 Beta to our "beta team" and then as a beta on vB.org.

Thanks everyone :)


thank you so much! as you how eagerly we await for this great hack!

so hopefully it will cover the followings:

1. last post issue
2. member profile issue

i had to uninstall it as my members were complaining.

i'll keep checking every day if not every hour!!! :):)

[Bhuwan]

thank you so much! as you how eagerly we await for this great hack!

so hopefully it will cover the followings:

1. last post issue
2. member profile issue

i had to uninstall it as my members were complaining.

i'll keep checking every day if not every hour!!! :):)
Yes, all these issues have been resolved.

[multireg]

Have the issues been resolved in the 1.0 version, or in the next release?

[Immortal]

Only in the next release. 1.0 will become useless.

[BeaLzeBuB]

i am waiting next version

[rzpvile]

I am having problems with the images

It puts
http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/announcements/images/aria/misc/logo.gif

Instead of

http://www.xxxxxxxx.com/forum/images/aria/misc/logo.gif

It shows the forum name in the url for the image. This is making the images not show up. What do I need to do to fix this?

[Immortal]

Open install.html up and make sure you followed those template changes ;)

[rzpvile]

Open install.html up and make sure you followed those template changes ;)

Thanks. I forgot to edit both my templates with the changes.

[EBdotCX]

I've installed this and it's great! There's only one issue I'm having at the moment. The RSS feeds are no longer working as they contain the wrong URLs.

[Bhuwan]

I've installed this and it's great! There's only one issue I'm having at the moment. The RSS feeds are no longer working as they contain the wrong URLs.ok will fix for 1.5

[Zacarias]

Is there an ETA on 1.5?

It's a great mod, but I have alot of problems with "show last post" and going to the "first unread post" from the forum home.

[Immortal]

It's done when it's done :)

I don't like saying a time, and then we fail to meet it, and then people get angry. So, it's just best to release it unexpectedly :)

[b4stu]

can't wait!!

[erhanerhan_5]

i received again errors :(

Whats your .htaccess. Please give me

i want to good a .htaccess file. please give me

[Immortal]

i want to good a .htaccess file. please give me

Download the ZIP...

[b65ran]

waitin... everyday hopin that this is my lucky day!

[Immortal]

It still has not reached the beta testers at this point. Normally the beta testers test it for a week to two weeks. It's going to be some time, not days probably :)

[venomx]

* venomx waits for 1.5 to try this... :)

[Frapegliko]

hello,

its perfect to merge vRewrite with vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator

its difficult?

[Immortal]

It is safe just to use the default one, as any old URLs get correctly redirected. However, a fix will be released shortly, maybe with 1.5. :)

[Hornstar]

will the old url's still work? or does it just mask them?

Thanks

clicks install - cant wait for new release.

[Immortal]

They'll redirect to the new ones :)

[Adromir]

I just installed vRewrite but it doesnt work with our Forum. The Urls were rewriten but when i klicked on one, i only got a 404 error :( So i had to deinstall it again..

[Bhuwan]

I just installed vRewrite but it doesnt work with our Forum. The Urls were rewriten but when i klicked on one, i only got a 404 error :( So i had to deinstall it again..Website location?>

[Adromir]

www.dsa-ring.com/vbb2

Ok i got it to work now.. almost. I forgott to change the .htaccess basedir

But i have some funny probs, when i turn the rewriting on:

1. Goto newest post doesnt work any more.. It always jumps back to the Forum index
2. The Link to the Forum Index above the Navbar (when u r in a Subforum) always takes back to the index site of the complete Domain.. Instead to http://www.dsa-ring.com/vbb2 it takes to http://www.dsa-ring.com

When i deactivate the SEO the URLS are still rewritten but the Errors dont occure any more..

[Ntfu2]

I had those same problems Adromir, so i uninstalled it until it was sorted out for now

[Immortal]

All will be fixed in 1.5, it's helpful to search the thread first :)

[Bhuwan]

soon everyone soon...just trying to work out the bugs & the redirects missing.

[yayvb]

You guys are awesome! :)

[Adromir]

Amazingly everything works fine if u deactivate the Plugin in the ACP..

[Ntfu2]

Obvisously, like they stated above, they are working on the fixes for the remaining issues right now :D

Good work, and cant wait ;)

[Adromir]

But apart from that it is a real great piece of work. I first searched for a SEO- Plugin and found vSEO but when i saw what they want for it, i nearly fell over..

[Alex_]

Just installed it in my test forums...

This is a very long thread so I did not read it completly.
I was wondering if it is possible to put an old style link on every page - for debug etc at the bottom of the page.

---
Changing the timespan in forum does not work for me - it always shows 30 days

http://url/f-small-talk-31.html/page1-daysprune365-orderdesc-sortlastpost

everything after html/ seems to be ignored...

---
Next edit - ok just the daysprune gets ignored... order and sort is ok

[Alex_]

And another bug - is it already known?

In the memberlist I found a false link.
The user with id 183 gets the link to the user with id 18

<td class="alt1Active" align="left" id="u183">
<a href="u-USER2-18.html3">USER1</a>

[Bhuwan]

And another bug - is it already known?

In the memberlist I found a false link.
The user with id 183 gets the link to the user with id 18

<td class="alt1Active" align="left" id="u183">
<a href="u-USER2-18.html3">USER1</a>
1.5 will FIX all these issues and more.:banana:

[Adromir]

Can u give a hint how long it would take until 1.5 will be released?

[Immortal]

Can u give a hint how long it would take until 1.5 will be released?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=927940&postcount=636
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=929188&postcount=641

:)

[Adromir]

Ok thanks.. I am eager to see the result.. And great thanks for your work!

[Alex_]

And what is about the day thing?

http://url/f-small-talk-31.html/page1-daysprune365-orderdesc-sortlastpost
shows me only 30 days...

[Bhuwan]

And what is about the day thing?

http://url/f-small-talk-31.html/page1-daysprune365-orderdesc-sortlastpost
shows me only 30 days...
method is completed chnaged in 1.5

[Alex_]

So I'm waiting for 1.5...

[COBRAws]

im taking this train too, hope its not too late :P

/me humpz install but0000nnnnnzzz

[Immortal]

Too much information! :S

[Bhuwan]

im taking this train too, hope its not too late :P

* COBRAws humpz install but0000nnnnnzzz
LOL! LMAO! :banana:

[Alex_]

Here is another one:

I have not only 'today's post' but also 'posts from the last 7 days' which results in this url

http://URL/search-getdaily.html&days=7
and that does not work...
So the getdaily should be allowed to have parameters, too...

[Bhuwan]

Here is another one:

I have not only 'today's post' but also 'posts from the last 7 days' which results in this url

http://URL/search-getdaily.html&days=7
and that does not work...
So the getdaily should be allowed to have parameters, too...
THis was not fixed in 1.5
Can you give me the exact steps you took to get to this link? (i.e. what you clicked, etc.)

[fabianv]

Followed instructions.. when I click on a thread I get this :



Not Found
The requested URL /showthread.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.cgcentral.net Port 80

[fabianv]

Uhhh...why does your .htaccess have HTML in it?

But change:
RewriteBase /
To:
RewriteBase /forum


Ahah! nevermind :D

[Alex_]

THis was not fixed in 1.5
Can you give me the exact steps you took to get to this link? (i.e. what you clicked, etc.)

This is a hack for having more options on getdaily
The original url is
http://URL/search.php?do=getdaily&days=7

You can than provide links for posts of last week, last month etc...

The getdaily script DOES have the day parameter but I think vBulletin is not using it out of the box - so it might be no common problem - just for those who use hacks like posts of last X days/minutes/whatever

So it is your decision wether to add this or not...

[libertate]

Anyone have this working with vB CMPS?

[Immortal]

Anyone have this working with vB CMPS?

Using the feature "search this thread" does a world of good.

As I've said, before, and before, and before, it does not matter, it gets redirected to the proper URL.

[zlos]

I have installed and after 5 minutes uninstalled...

Reason:
1. goto=lastpost link on forumdisplay.php is not solved and redirects always to one old thread. Does not matter which link I clicked, redirect points the very same thread.
2. problem with ABCDEF links on members list.

Well done, but I cannot afford having such problems with goto=lastpost, which is one of most clicked links on my site.

Ciao

[Immortal]

We are fixing the final bugs. Details will be released shortly on how you can obtain vRewrite 1.5 Beta 1.

[yayvb]

Oh I can't wait!! :)

[Immortal]

vRewrite 1.5 Beta

Hello everyone, Bhuwan and I are going to release 1.5 Beta to the public, vB licensed users. If you need to post these URLs, please use http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite/vRewrite_15_beta.zip

This thread is NOT for support, or bugs of vRewrite 1.5. Any bugs or support request needs to be accomplished on the bug tracker.

For people who have a habit of not searching the thread, any repeated questions for vRewrite, will be ignored from now on. I am getting sick and tired of taking the time to reply, when you cannot take a second to search the thread.

I am still learning Mantis, and I believe you need to register. I am sorry that you need to register. But, please report bugs so we can get 1.5 stable out as soon as possible :)

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite

Thanks everyone! :)

[yayvb]

This is awesome!! :) Thanks guys!!
Wasn't there an issue before (with gallery, etc.) that made it so people like me (who use gallery, etc.) can't use <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'index'"> <base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" /> </if>?

[Immortal]

Whoops didn't change anything with install.html. Just a sec.

[Immortal]

There we go, I believe those are the necessary templates, if not open a bug report :)

[yayvb]

Oh ok whoops :) I added the new .htaccess and overwrote the old product with the new, but I got this message on the very top of the site:
query: 4 - used to title member info
query: 5 - used to find last poster103,2,71,76,114,98,12,72,110,80,111,113,112, 118,97,20,81,116,121,92,90,107,5,6,7,85,9,65,127,1 15,69,68,70,67

I disabled for now, maybe that's because I didn't do something right since the install.html wasn't updated muahaha. If it's a bigger problem, I am sure you awesome people will have this fixed soon. I only wish I could offer more help but I am a lot more clueless. lol

[Bhuwan]

Oh ok whoops :) I added the new .htaccess and overwrote the old product with the new, but I got this message on the very top of the site:
query: 4 - used to title member info
query: 5 - used to find last poster103,2,71,76,114,98,12,72,110,80,111,113,112, 118,97,20,81,116,121,92,90,107,5,6,7,85,9,65,127,1 15,69,68,70,67

I disabled for now, maybe that's because I didn't do something right since the install.html wasn't updated muahaha. If it's a bigger problem, I am sure you awesome people will have this fixed soon. I only wish I could offer more help but I am a lot more clueless. lol

admincp -> vBulletin Options -> vRewrite -> and disbale the echo statements.

[yayvb]

Sorry I thought you were saying that YOUR forum was not the proper place for bugs. I see you want them there, sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Bhuwan]

There is a problem with newpost and lastpost, which I am trying to figure out as we speak :)

[NiTRoN]

How would modify .httaccess so the multiple themes changing works while in forum.. Let me explain.. It works correctly when I select theme before entering forums, but once the forums are entered and you want to change theme in there.. it doesn't work.. Any way to solve that?

[Immortal]

That would be a bug, file a bug at the bug tracker. This thread is not for bugs of any of the versions, or support for vRewrite 1.5.

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite

[phkk]

I Have IIS and the mod is give me 404. Can some one give me the .htaccess sample for IIS ?

I am using window 2003 and Plesk with IIS . I think

[Immortal]

For people who have a habit of not searching the thread, any repeated questions for vRewrite, will be ignored from now on. I am getting sick and tired of taking the time to reply, when you cannot take a second to search the thread.

Solution was posted awhile ago.

[Hanif]

Hi Immortal/Bhuwan,

Has testing been completed for this release??? i.e. 1.5?

I'm wondering whether I should place this on my test board, let me know mate if you need further testers or not.

Kind regards,

Hanif

[Bhuwan]

Hi Immortal/Bhuwan,

Has testing been completed for this release??? i.e. 1.5?

I'm wondering whether I should place this on my test board, let me know mate if you need further testers or not.

Kind regards,

HanifPlace on testboard if you can (or wait till RC2)

[Danecookie]

so. any more fixes? uptil now?

[moftary]

Is there anyway to migrate from DC-SEO-Rewrite to vRewrite (setting 302 redirects from old pages to new pages, etc..)? I am very interested in vRewrite but I dont want to lose my current searching engine traffic.

Thanks in advance,
Hossam

[Bhuwan]

Is there anyway to migrate from DC-SEO-Rewrite to vRewrite (setting 302 redirects from old pages to new pages, etc..)? I am very interested in vRewrite but I dont want to lose my current searching engine traffic.

Thanks in advance,
Hossam
All you have to do is add the .htaccess details from DC-SEO to your own htaccess (with vRewrtie htaccess) and it should wor k fine.

[Bhuwan]

so. any more fixes? uptil now?RC2 shud be up soonn

[moftary]

All you have to do is add the .htaccess details from DC-SEO to your own htaccess (with vRewrtie htaccess) and it should wor k fine.

That would cause duplication content penalty at google, however you inspired me the solution. To update DC-SEO .htaccess in a way so DC-SEO'ed pages are 302ed to vRewrite ones.

[Bhuwan]

That would cause duplication content penalty at google, however you inspired me the solution. To update DC-SEO .htaccess in a way so DC-SEO'ed pages are 302ed to vRewrite ones.

Cool:)
I am not a SEO expert.

[John Diver]

Hey,
Thanks for updating :)

Is this release fixing the bugs that have been reported?

Thanks

[geeserteg]

Woot.... Ive been quietly following this mod for sometime now. Thanks for all the hard work thus far. Im running into the same problem with the Newpost and Subscription links as discussed earlier in this thread. Thanks again!

[Bhuwan]

Woot.... Ive been quietly following this mod for sometime now. Thanks for all the hard work thus far. Im running into the same problem with the Newpost and Subscription links as discussed earlier in this thread. Thanks again!
Please give me more info on subscription links ...


calling all SEO experts
Need help with Duplicate content issues
I need /name/f-hi-there-1-post50.html
to link to
/name/f-hi-there-page3-1.html#post50

Obviously this is considered duplicate content; if i use a 301 redirect, does this save me from a penalty?

[Bhuwan]

Hey,
Thanks for updating :)

Is this release fixing the bugs that have been reported?

ThanksFixes all bugs. Of course if we don't know about bugs we cant fix them, so I suggest you install RC2 when we release itso we can hammer out all the bugs

So far only 1 person has really been helping with bugs! :-( :banana:

[moftary]

Obviously this is considered duplicate content; if i use a 301 redirect, does this save me from a penalty?

Avoid 301 as much as you can. Use 302 instead.
However what you mentioned cannot be considered a duplication content.

[Bhuwan]

Avoid 301 as much as you can. Use 302 instead.
However what you mentioned cannot be considered a duplication content.
1) example on 302 (too lazy to google)
2) difference between 301 vs 302
3) why isnt what is iad duplicate
4) example of duplicate

thx for your help!( I am not a SEO expert )

[geeserteg]

Please give me more info on subscription links ...



Most everything seems to work fine for me except going to Subscribed, newposts, and ect... Anything that seems to query an answer. It posts the wrong links for the query...

Ex.
What it shows -- www.mysite.com/t-()-()-().html -- and that goes to page not found.

What it should show for it to work (I think) -- www.mysite.com/forum/f-()/t-()-()-().html -- and yes I have set the htaccess rewrite base to /forum

[Bhuwan]

Most everything seems to work fine for me except going to Subscribed, newposts, and ect... Anything that seems to query an answer. It posts the wrong links for the query...

Ex.
What it shows -- www.mysite.com/t-()-()-().html (http://www.mysite.com/t-()-()-().html) -- and that goes to page not found.

What it should show for it to work (I think) -- www.mysite.com/forum/f-()/t-()-()-().html (http://www.mysite.com/forum/f-()/t-()-()-().html) -- and yes I have set the htaccess rewrite base to /forum
the newpost, lastpost issue is resolved
but how exactly are you "going to Subscribed"

[geeserteg]

Via quick links or in User Cp

[Bhuwan]

Via quick links or in User CpIssue is completely resovled in RC2; beaware that the links sent via email will still be the old links (whicha re automatically redirected to the new links)

[Immortal]

In vRewrite 1.0, I had built a SEO-safe redirect function.

[Bhuwan]

In vRewrite 1.0, I had built a SEO-safe redirect function.why can't we simply use Jelsoft's (vBulletin) already created function called 'exec_header_redirect' -- it contains 301 redirects.

[Immortal]

When dealing with these many redirects, we want to make sure it's 100% SEO compliment.

[darkmage]

I was wondering if it were possible to instead of having links like

f-forum-post-id.html to f-forum-post-id

ex: http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc.html to http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc/

So that the .html is not visable. Thanks.

[Bhuwan]

I was wondering if it were possible to instead of having links like

f-forum-post-id.html to f-forum-post-id

ex: http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc.html to http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc/

So that the .html is not visable. Thanks.

The quickest way to add this is to edit the code and search for .html and replace it with nothing And then edit the .htaccess file

[darkmage]

So search the xml file and remove the .html ?

[durapuma]

Hi,

i have an little problem with the hack.

When i am on my forumhome site and klick on the Last Post in each forum, the url is
http://www.forum.csi-las-vegas.de/hangman-1-newpost.html
the forum name ist missing. The correct url is
http://forum.csi-las-vegas.de/forum-spiele/t-hangman-1.html

Where is the defect ?

Thanks

Best Regards from gemany

durapuma

[geeserteg]

About 4 or 5 posts ahead of this I commented on a similar prob... Look back a few post. It sounds like most of these probs will be fixed with RC2. Coming soon!

[durapuma]

There is the same problem, but i have not found a solution for the problem, or I am to silly for reading?

durapuma

[Bhuwan]

There is the same problem, but i have not found a solution for the problem, or I am to silly for reading?

durapumaAssuming you are running 1.0: this issue is resolved in RC1 and RC2 (out soon)

[Bhuwan]

So search the xml file and remove the .html ?
If you can be patient, i'll either:
a) add an option within the hack OR
b) add a 'how to' hack for this feature.
Until the bugs are worked out, i dont think this should be touched.

[durapuma]

Assuming you are running 1.0: this issue is resolved in RC1 and RC2 (out soon)
Is there no way to use it yet ?

[intrigue]

Anyone know how to get this working with vbGallery?
Thanks
matt

[Bhuwan]

Is there no way to use it yet ?
Tyler posted a link to1.5 RC1

[Bhuwan]

Anyone know how to get this working with vbGallery?
Thanks
matt
I run this great on vBgallery 1.01 (http://www.PlanetSRK.com/forums/gallery)

here is the headinclude code you need to use:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_upload' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'showimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_search' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_newreply' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_moderate' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_misc' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_managecats' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'editimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'ecard' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'displayimages' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'browseimages'">
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />
</if>

[intrigue]

I run this great on vBgallery 1.01 (http://www.PlanetSRK.com/forums/gallery)

here is the headinclude code you need to use:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_upload' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'showimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_search' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_newreply' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_moderate' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_misc' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_managecats' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'editimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'ecard' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'displayimages' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'browseimages'">
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />
</if>

fantastic thanks
matt

[durapuma]

Tyler posted a link to1.5 RC1
I cant find the link. There are 49 pages :(

Do you have the link please ?

[durapuma]

I GOT IT http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite/vRewrite_15_beta.zip

Thanks

[Ntfu2]

i upload v 1.5 this appears in my board header for one page load


query: 4 - used to title member info
query: 5 - used to find last poster15,2,4,3,6,8,25,10,11,12,19,20,14,18,23,24,1 6,21,30


then i try to go some where else, and my whole entire SERVER is down,

[Bhuwan]

i upload v 1.5 this appears in my board header for one page load



then i try to go some where else, and my whole entire SERVER is down,
you can disable the 'echo' statement via admincp options;
however, i would just wait until RC2 comes out,as we've fixed some SQL queries.

How large is your site?

[Ntfu2]

about 2500 members

I cant tell you exact stats, as my server is down right now after i uploaded this

[Ntfu2]

fixed.

Would this cause a problem with apf firewall for any reason? I disabled the firewall, then everything was fine, then i disabled the plugin, and started apf up again and everything is back again? :???:

[CrazyVLS]

I already installed this hack mod, bit it was not working and my website now is down. Please check it and help me fix this step by step !

http://www.angelsbabe.net/rewrite/

http://www.angelsbabe.net/rewrite/f-western-movies-7.html/

Not Found
The requested URL /rewrite/f-western-movies-7.html/ was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.angelsbabe.net Port 80

with no mod vRewrite, it work perfect ! ---> http://www.angelsbabe.net/forum/

[Ntfu2]

make sure you upload the .htaccess inside your forums directory

[Immortal]

Ntfu2: Not sure, I'll let Bhuwan answer that :)

You know you could've warned me before I clicked that. Just read install.html thoroughly, and search the thread, and follow Ntfu's advice :)

[jdingman]

love this plugin, but I have a small problem. When I go into a forum with it, it breaks all the relative links I had for images and the member link doesn't work because it's relatively wrong. my forum is at forum.domain.com and I have the rewrite base a /

any ideas why this breaks it?

[forte]

You must have missed the step with the template edit. The headinclude template, if i am not mistaken.

[Cole2026]

1) example on 302 (too lazy to google)
2) difference between 301 vs 302
3) why isnt what is iad duplicate
4) example of duplicate

thx for your help!( I am not a SEO expert )

There are virtually no differences between 301 and 302 except that 302 is temporary and 301 is perminant. 302 also has a keyword exploit problem, so 301 is the way to go.

[jdingman]

You must have missed the step with the template edit. The headinclude template, if i am not mistaken.

Yeah, I had, but I fixed that. I'm getting a really weird problem now.

On SOME of my posts, the first username link will look like this: http://forums.domain.com/u-jonathan-1.html63 instead of the regular u-username-###.html -- any ideas why this is happening? I'm having similar issues in the calendar.php with the wrong username being displayed and it's tagging on this extra ## after .html for some reason.

Additionally, the 'lastpost' isn't matching up correctly with the actual last post made. It's giving me a random post that was not the last post in the forum.

[forte]

It is fixed in 1.5 because i had the same problem before.

[jdingman]

is 1.5 stable enough to use?

[forte]

There are still some issues and wait for RC2, A LOT of issues has been resolved in it.

[jdingman]

when should I expect there to be a new release? I don't want to be losing my SE rankings because I'm running a bad version or anything =/

[Immortal]

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.

[jdingman]

awesome immortal! /me looks around at his paypal account for the donate button and will hopefully find it tonight.

[SaN-DeeP]

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.
hi, the hack sounds interesting
Can you please share some active forums, whcih have your hack installed and running online ?

Thanks.

[DementedMindz]

quick question is there a way to rewrite the ibpro arcade pages? and the photopost vbgallery pages like the browse shows up like browseimages.php?c=36 and the show image like this showimage.php?i=5290&c=36

[Immortal]

hi, the hack sounds interesting
Can you please share some active forums, whcih have your hack installed and running online ?

Thanks.

There are a few in the first post, but your best bet is just to look at a few pages in the thread and click in their signatures.

quick question is there a way to rewrite the ibpro arcade pages? and the photopost vbgallery pages like the browse shows up like browseimages.php?c=36 and the show image like this showimage.php?i=5290&c=36

Hm, yah. I did a v3Arcade rewrite awhile ago, you may want to search the thread to find it. You would want to do basically the same thing for those two. If you still can't figure it out after that, just let me know.

[DementedMindz]

Immortal im going to search thanks for a fast reply and its nice to see a coder who supports there hack and keeps with it and dont just leave it thanks again

[fabianv]

I installed it but now I have the WEIRDEST problem...

On my memberslist most of the users link to MY user profile... WTF?!

[Immortal]

For people who have a habit of not searching the thread, any repeated questions for vRewrite, will be ignored from now on. I am getting sick and tired of taking the time to reply, when you cannot take a second to search the thread.

Was reported beyond countable times.

[Cole2026]

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.

A new feature that allows a user to write their URLs as they would want for 2.0 would be great. :)