Zoints SEO

[Make Money?]

We get a lot of referals from Google - and have an excellent Google Archive presence will this disturb that?

Thanks

[Make Money?]

Is it only for new posts at the time of posting?

Or can past threads be tagged retospectivly?

Also using the moderator tools will I be able to mass tag stuff?

Thanks!

[Make Money?]

We swiched it on in the admin area but cant see any evidence of it out on the forum...???

[aceofspades]

When i said vb gallery i was referring to the vb intergrated photopost. It rewrites the urls, for example it changes the directory /gallery to /forums and so none of the images are their and none of the links work. I use the gallery so much that i cant not use it so that i can use zoints seo.

[Mr.Haze]

Hi,
I just installed Zoints SEO and it's brilliant, installed fine, does exactly what I want. But the only problem is I already had vBadvanced installed, which I also like. Is there any way to make the vBadvanced homepage use the Zoints "friendly" SEO urls?
Thanks!

Neil

[Mr.Haze]

Also my "All" links don't work:
Normal: http://www.head-nod.com/video-club-f7/index.html
ALL: http://www.head-nod.com/forumdisplay.php/video-club-all7/index.html

[nimonogi]

How can i remove the session id (=b23632a198eeb23bdb0367f5ca53e9a4&) ?

[maxicep]

hi,
my host yahoo dont give permission to create file start with (.),(-)
like .htaccess

i want to make vRewrite for Seoed Urls

What can i do now ?

[rogersnm]

a) Switch to a better host.
b) Don't use mod_rewrite - turn it off in vB Options and don't bother with the .htaccess file.

[phlogiston]

When i said vb gallery i was referring to the vb intergrated photopost. It rewrites the urls, for example it changes the directory /gallery to /forums and so none of the images are their and none of the links work.I'm pretty certain I've figured out why I haven't experienced problems with vBGallery (and other addons) while using Zoints SEO - I have vBa CMPS wrapped around everything and forums in root dir = not standard.


So I worked out a possible fix.
If anyone wants to try this (without guarantee!) to get Zoints SEO working on sites with photopost's vBGallery (may also solve the incompatibility with vBadvanced Links Directory) I'm fairly/quite confident it may work. (I apologise for the vagueness but I don't have good test installs at present :()

in the "Zoints SEO" plugin at parse_templates (on line #1),
originally (Zoints SEO v 2.2.2) it should beif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_PORTAL'))change VBA_PORTAL to VBA_SCRIPT,
ie REPLACE line#1 withif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_SCRIPT'))
this should prevent the <base href=""> tag being added to the header which I think was the problem.


Again, apologies for the lack of testing of this before offering it as a possible solution.

[MrLeN]

I installed Zoints SEO, but it started causing conflicts with other software that I am using with the forums and unfortunately, I had to remove it. I came here for instructions how to remove it and I was told to use the uninstall via the product manager and remove the files from the installation (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1102381#post1102381).

I did this, but I am still getting database errors in my email. It says:


Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT linkid, name, links.catid, userid, username, dateline, links.lastpostdateline, title
FROM wgreen_adv_links AS links
LEFT JOIN wgreen_adv_links_categories AS categories USING (catid)
WHERE links.dateline > 1162098001 AND suspended = 0 AND valid = 1;

MySQL Error : Column: 'valid' in where clause is ambiguous
Error Number : 1052
Date : Monday, October 30th 2006 @ 12:59:01 AM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/community/cron.php?rand=801531
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/community/
IP Address : 211.28.xxx.xxx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database


How can I repair my vBulletin database to get it working without errors, before the Zoints SEO installation altered it? Or, what did Zoints SEO do to alter my database?

Any advice/direction appreciated.

[rogersnm]

Run every cron job until you find the one that errors. And then tell me which product it is for. It looks like Advanced Navbars.

[Hoffi]

Did you use the vbAdvanced Linkdirectory or something similar?
The Tables are not vBulletin Standard oder ZOINTS related.

[gsm4arab1]

Very wonderful zointsseo-2.2.2 I have installed on the site, but unfortunately became servers Special me very slow and very high

Server Load 4.78 (4 cpus)

Is there a solution to the lack of high Load server

thanks ......................

[Greek76]

Problem with mod rewrite. I added the code to the .htaccess and uploaded it. I click enable mod rewrite. Now when you visit the categories I get the page can not be found what am I doing wrong?

This how I added the code...

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on



RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

[Ramsesx]

I'm pretty certain I've figured out why I haven't experienced problems with vBGallery (and other addons) while using Zoints SEO - I have vBa CMPS wrapped around everything and forums in root dir = not standard.


So I worked out a possible fix.
If anyone wants to try this (without guarantee!) to get Zoints SEO working on sites with photopost's vBGallery (may also solve the incompatibility with vBadvanced Links Directory) I'm fairly/quite confident it may work. (I apologise for the vagueness but I don't have good test installs at present :()

in the "Zoints SEO" plugin at parse_templates (on line #1),
originally (Zoints SEO v 2.2.2) it should beif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_PORTAL'))change VBA_PORTAL to VBA_SCRIPT,
ie REPLACE line#1 withif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_SCRIPT'))
this should prevent the <base href=""> tag being added to the header which I think was the problem.


Again, apologies for the lack of testing of this before offering it as a possible solution.
Seems to work for me, thanks.

[phlogiston]

Seems to work for me, thanks.cool :D

I've been doing some more prodding at the code to see if it's extendable to rewriting the vBGallery urls, so far it looks doable. Not quite at a usable stage yet,
although www.spoiltcat.com/julian_cope-i1444.html (http://www.spoiltcat.com/julian_cope-i1444.html) is much prettier than unrewritten www.spoiltcat.com/photos/showimage.php?i=1444 !!

[Zoints]

A vbgooglemap fix?

Those of you who have had trouble with vbgooglemap, please give this fix (http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2068) a shot and see if it works for you and report back. Thanks :)

[Zoints]

I'm pretty certain I've figured out why I haven't experienced problems with vBGallery (and other addons) while using Zoints SEO - I have vBa CMPS wrapped around everything and forums in root dir = not standard.

Nice! Can others confirm if this is working for them?

Keep this up and we'll need to create a phlogiston SEO fork :cool:

[Floris]

********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********


Well, that rules me out :) I want the plugin to take care of things and not having to educate myself first .. if I am educated on this ..... I didn't need the plugin :p

[corsacant]

Hi, I have just installed the Googlemap addon and the zoints seo stops it from working properly. Is there any way in which I could exclude the googlemap page from the zoints seo url re-writes?
Or is there any other fix?
Thanks in advance.

[Zoints]

Hi, I have just installed the Googlemap addon and the zoints seo stops it from working properly. Is there any way in which I could exclude the googlemap page from the zoints seo url re-writes?
Or is there any other fix?
Thanks in advance.

Some people are having success with this (http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2068).

[ThePimp]

How do I get the forumdisplay cloud to render the various sized tags?

[corsacant]

Some people are having success with this (http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2068).
Thanks for that, I'm not sure where I am meant top edit though. There is no part in the plugin manager that allows me to edit that bit. I've searched for it but can't find it.

[zlos]

I'd like to reiterate, pleased do not install this hack unless you are well educated when it comes to SEO.

Be patient, take a step back, see if the community develops it. If not, you're better off with your default forum setup.
I agree fully - looks like sitting and waiting does not solve problem of zero users on the site ;)

I am abserving your piece of software very carefully. Since I am operating two really BIG forums (+2.000.000 posts each) vBSEO does not work for me. Simply mod_rewrite with over 2500 users online can kill each and every server on this world. I bought vBSEO, tried it, killed all my 5 servers in 30 seconds and got my mony back after a week of fighting with code optimisation.

That's why I like your soft - it does not want to kill my machines by overusing mod_rewrite ;)

First problem - it is for 3.6.1, while I have 3.6.2 installed. :(
Second problem - php 4.x.x compliance?
Third problem - necessity to recrawl the whole site (aprox. 4.000.000 of pages per site!)
Last questio-problem - if I will join the Zoint Network, do you give me some support?

Regards
Tom

[rogersnm]

Problem with mod rewrite. I added the code to the .htaccess and uploaded it. I click enable mod rewrite. Now when you visit the categories I get the page can not be found what am I doing wrong?

This how I added the code...

Your server doesn't seem to have mod_rewrite installed.

[Zoints]

Hi Tom,

I agree fully - looks like sitting and waiting does not solve problem of zero users on the site ;)

I am abserving your piece of software very carefully. Since I am operating two really BIG forums (+2.000.000 posts each) vBSEO does not work for me. Simply mod_rewrite with over 2500 users online can kill each and every server on this world. I bought vBSEO, tried it, killed all my 5 servers in 30 seconds and got my mony back after a week of fighting with code optimisation.

That's why I like your soft - it does not want to kill my machines by overusing mod_rewrite ;)

First problem - it is for 3.6.1, while I have 3.6.2 installed. :(
Second problem - php 4.x.x compliance?
Third problem - necessity to recrawl the whole site (aprox. 4.000.000 of pages per site!)
Last questio-problem - if I will join the Zoint Network, do you give me some support?


I'm not going to try and talk you into using Zoints SEO because I don't think you should use it. My suggestion is to wait for someone (or us) to tear apart Zoints SEO and provide the useful plugins as separate installs. Then pick and choose which you feel would benefit your forum. I'm a Big-Board owner myself and know all too well the special issues you have to deal with. Stick with your default url schema. mod-rewrite and keyword-in-url.html are overhyped and can do more harm than good.

As for joining the Zoints Network, at present, we're closed to new forums. However, that will soon change...

[rogersnm]

Hey Guys,

How many people want a sitemap generator for Zoints SEO? If the demand is great enough i'll release mine if that's ok with David.

Regards,
Nick.

EDIT: I also got custom rewrite rules worked out :)

[Zoints]

Hey Guys,

How many people want a sitemap generator for Zoints SEO? If the demand is great enough i'll release mine if that's ok with David.

You don't need my permission. By all means, release away :)

EDIT: I also got custom rewrite rules worked out :)

:cool:

[AMG021]

mee :D

[tyler_d]

a zoints SEO compatible sitemap generater would be great to have. i'm using the vbseo sitemap generator and it sux cuz it only generates non-sef sitemaps for my usage with zoints.

would like something that better correlates to zoints and has the features of this free vbseo generator and it's autosubmit to google

[rsj1]

A fix for the vBGallery problems: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=130893

[Rover416]

I'm pretty certain I've figured out why I haven't experienced problems with vBGallery (and other addons) while using Zoints SEO - I have vBa CMPS wrapped around everything and forums in root dir = not standard.


So I worked out a possible fix.
If anyone wants to try this (without guarantee!) to get Zoints SEO working on sites with photopost's vBGallery (may also solve the incompatibility with vBadvanced Links Directory) I'm fairly/quite confident it may work. (I apologise for the vagueness but I don't have good test installs at present :()

in the "Zoints SEO" plugin at parse_templates (on line #1),
originally (Zoints SEO v 2.2.2) it should beif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_PORTAL'))change VBA_PORTAL to VBA_SCRIPT,
ie REPLACE line#1 withif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_SCRIPT'))
this should prevent the <base href=""> tag being added to the header which I think was the problem.


Again, apologies for the lack of testing of this before offering it as a possible solution.

Works for me with the links directory.:)

Thanks.

[Ramsesx]

Hey Guys,

How many people want a sitemap generator for Zoints SEO? If the demand is great enough i'll release mine if that's ok with David.

Regards,
Nick.

EDIT: I also got custom rewrite rules worked out :)
Me, thanks.

[VBUsers]

to all who have used this,

Is this better than VBseo?

[rogersnm]

It has less features but it does the job. A lot better than vBSEO in a copuple of test forum cases. IE. Same DB, vBSEO: 2 more listings, Zoint SEO: 1200 more listings. Both on the same server with similar URL's.

I may just take this one up, I've developed member pages rewriting as well.

[VBUsers]

It has less features but it doe sthe job. A lot better than vBSEO in a copuple of test forum cases. IE. Same DB, vBSEO: 2 more listings, Zoint SEO: 1200 more listings. Both on the same server with similar URL's.

less features than vbseo? ok ill install it and give it a try on my test sites. thanks

[heyitsjeremy]

definitely me! a sitemap generator and member pages rewriting would be awesome

[VBUsers]

can we use the vbseo sitemap generator with this?

[ForumDog]

That part I underlined and Bolded is the XXX part needed. Before SEO It was like ?t=1234123

after SEO it becomes in form -t1234123.html

I have no problem with moving.

Wait, so how did you get around the error exactly? Nothing I enter into the URL for the thread to merge to is working, it just keeps saying there's no valid ID. I'm using 3.6.2

[4yBak]

is it work correctly with bb-codes [thread], [post] ?

[MaestroX]

Great mod, thanks

*installed

[project-Buckfas]

Upgraded to vb 3.6.3 and it no longer works. Any ideas DChapman

I really liked this mod and dont want to lose it!

[Scormen]

Hmm, I have no problems after the upgrade to 3.6.3. I updated my board from 3.6.2. All still works fine.

Grtz,
Kris

[project-Buckfas]

I done the same. Upgraded from3.6.2 and now when I click a link, the page will not display. I may have to try uninstalling and reinstalling later.

Untill then I have to disable it.

[Cocko]

sql error with potopost pro 5.5 and this hack
Add PhotoPost Pro to each forum (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112105)

could this be effected by zoints SEO ? (see below)
the result is the same after deactivating (not deinstalling) zoint SEO

thanx for any ideas.. :confused:
---


Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 3.6.2:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE forum SET
title_clean = 'Intern',
title = 'Intern',
description_clean = '',
description = '',
link = '',
displayorder = 1,
parentid = -1,
daysprune = -1,
defaultsortfield = 'lastpost',
defaultsortorder = 'desc',
showprivate = 0,
newpostemail = '',
newthreademail = '',
### Bitfield: forum.options ###
options = IF(options & 8, options - 8, options),
options = IF(options & 16, options - 16, options),
options = IF(options & 32, options - 32, options),
options = IF(options & 32768, options - 32768, options),
options = IF(options & 8192, options, options + 8192),
options = IF(options & 4, options - 4, options),
options = IF(options & 1, options, options + 1),
options = IF(options & 2, options, options + 2),
options = IF(options & 16384, options - 16384, options),
options = IF(options & 256, options, options + 256),
options = IF(options & 64, options, options + 64),
options = IF(options & 128, options, options + 128),
options = IF(options & 512, options, options + 512),
options = IF(options & 1024, options, options + 1024),
options = IF(options & 2048, options, options + 2048),
options = IF(options & 4096, options, options + 4096),
options = IF(options & 65536, options, options + 65536),
styleid = 0,
password = '',
agelock = '0',
agelock_age = '',
agelock_method = '0',
allow_sff = 1,
sff_data = '-1',
whoquotedme = 1,
forum_hlfg = '0',
ppgcount = '1',
ppgorder = '1',
ppgcat = '1',
ppginfo = '0'
WHERE forumid = 3;

MySQL-Fehler : Unknown column 'ppgcount' in 'field list'
Fehler-Nr. : 1054
Datum : Friday, November 10th 2006 @ 01:57:34 PM
Skript : http://www. xxx /vb3/admincp/forum.php?do=update
Referrer : http://www. xxx /vb3/admincp/forum.php?do=edit&f=3&s=
IP-Adresse : xxx
Benutzername : Cocko
Klassenname : vB_Database_MySQLi

[Scormen]

I done the same. Upgraded from3.6.2 and now when I click a link, the page will not display. I may have to try uninstalling and reinstalling later.

Untill then I have to disable it.
I use the mod_rewite mode, that works fine. Maybe you can try that?

Kris

[project-Buckfas]

Thats what I was using. I thought maybe I had overwriteen the .htaccess file, but its fine. It's strange I have to say. It worked last night after the uprgrade and this morning it worked somewhat, but now it doesn't work at all. It's quite odd...

[Scormen]

Yeah, thats strange.... I have no idea what you can do. DChapman, shall you upgrade this hack to 3.6.3? Thank you.

Kris

[MaestroX]

I've upgraded to 3.6.3 and it seems none of the meta descriptions are working now either :(

[project-Buckfas]

Have you tried to do the template edits manually?

I've upgraded to 3.6.3 and it seems none of the meta descriptions are working now either :(

[MaestroX]

Ahh thanks ;), I'm an idiot sometimes

[M0rGu3]

Hi,
I just installed Zoints SEO and it's brilliant, installed fine, does exactly what I want. But the only problem is I already had vBadvanced installed, which I also like. Is there any way to make the vBadvanced homepage use the Zoints "friendly" SEO urls?
Need this too. I've tested it to make Template-Edits in the vBa Module-Templates but it didn't work. If I do so, the variables of the zoints-url are empty. Now, my links look like this:http://www.xyz.de/?goto=newpostinstead of http://www.xyz.de/test_news-t1.html?goto=newpost
Making the used variables global in the vBa settings didn't fix it.

I'm at the end of my latin... (is there any saying like this in english? ;) )

[project-Buckfas]

I've uninstalled an reinstalled this and still cannot get the rewrite of urls to work on 3.6.3

Also checked the .htaccess file and its good

Everything else works fine...

Anyone got any ideas??

[JD45]

Seems to be working fine on 3.6.3 except my urls are showing up like this:

http://www.justpressplay.net/forum/forumdisplay.php/general-chat-215.html

notice the forumdisplay.php in there? I'm sure it's a setting I have off or not set correctly.

Any suggestions?

[project-Buckfas]

My problem may be another mod I have installed...

Seems to be working fine on 3.6.3

Are you using mod rewrite?

except my urls are showing up like this:

http://www.justpressplay.net/forum/forumdisplay.php/general-chat-215.html

notice the forumdisplay.php in there? I'm sure it's a setting I have off or not set correctly.

Any suggestions?

[JD45]

My problem may be another mod I have installed...



Are you using mod rewrite?

I just turned it on and it fixed the links but clicking on a page gives me a blank page now..

[project-Buckfas]

check you .htaccess file and make sure u have added the lines (in the install file) Also make sure you server supports mod_rewrite........

[JD45]

check you .htaccess file and make sure u have added the lines (in the install file) Also make sure you server supports mod_rewrite........

I did both. Thanks for trying to help though. I'm removing this.

[seany1]

thanks for this

[curt5446]

Hi,

Not sure if anyone is still having the problem of a redirect to the site index when clicking on forums. I had the same problem and got it working by (duhhh) making sure htaccess was enabled on my server.

Hope that helps

Curt

[curt5446]

Oh alomost forgot.

Dave, thanks VERY much for this.

[nocte]

TEMPLATE: threadbit:
Find:
==================================================
<if condition="$show['gotonewpost']"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$thread[threadid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a></if>
==================================================
Replace With:
==================================================
<if condition="$show['gotonewpost']"><a href="<if condition="$show['zointsurl']">$thread[zointsurl]?goto=newpost<else />showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]goto=newpost&amp;t=$thread[threadid]</if>"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a></if>
==================================================
this does not work in vB 3.6.3
the result is a link to www.forum.com/forum/#postXXX

[citricguy]

First of all, thank you so much for releasing this mod. It is amazing!

After I got everything installed I noticed that I cannot follow links within my archive/sitemap directory. Everything else seems to work fine.

Here is the link to my archive/sitemap post install:

http://www.chaosforums.com/sitemap/

You will notice as you click on the links it will not take you any deeper into the archive. I think its the .htaccess file messing things up, but cant tell.

im running 3.6.3

[nocte]

There's another problem: If you guess the ID of a thread in a private forum you can see the title, because you will be redirected to the rewritten url (with the keywords from the title) before you see an error mesage.

[nocte]

Jet another one: If you go to http://www.chaosforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1 you will be redirected to http://www.chaosforums.com/managements-corner-f1.html?f=1 so the parameter f=1 is suffixed, tough we don't need it.

[nocte]

if fount a bunch of bugs more:


template threadbit line 65:

<phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> <a href="<if condition="$show['zointsurl']">$thread[zointsurl]?goto=lastpost<else />showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$thread[lastpostid]$thread[highlight]#post$thread[lastpostid]</if>"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar/lastpost.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_last_post]" border="0" /></a>


-> this does not work with the searchengine. the serach sesult pages will link to:
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html[i]?&highlight=keyword?goto=lastpost
while it should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?highlight=keyword&goto=lastpost


template search_results_postbit line 25:

$post[typeprefix] <a href="<if condition="$show['zointsurl']">$post[threadurl]<else />showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$post[threadid]$post[highlight]</if>"><strong>$post[threadtitle]</strong></a>


does not work. it will show a link to the forum in witch the thread is located, not the thread itself.


modification of thempate forumhome_lastpostby is useless, because there will be a redirection anyway. If you do this you just have a rewritten url redirecting to another rewritten (both having parameters). I don't see an advantage doing the modification that is sugested for this template.


if you use "go to the last posting" you will be redirected to a url like this
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?p=470529#post470529
though the last posting might not be on page 1 the url looks like it was page one. If the last posting was on page 3 the url should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123p3.html#post470529


on online.php - if a user is currently seeing a thread in the archive, the url has no keywords and two slashes, like
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/archive//t-15828.html


"Use Zoints Archive Navigation?" -> when i use this feature, no navigation shows up at all.

[redlabour]

I'm pretty certain I've figured out why I haven't experienced problems with vBGallery (and other addons) while using Zoints SEO - I have vBa CMPS wrapped around everything and forums in root dir = not standard.


So I worked out a possible fix.
If anyone wants to try this (without guarantee!) to get Zoints SEO working on sites with photopost's vBGallery (may also solve the incompatibility with vBadvanced Links Directory) I'm fairly/quite confident it may work. (I apologise for the vagueness but I don't have good test installs at present :()

in the "Zoints SEO" plugin at parse_templates (on line #1),
originally (Zoints SEO v 2.2.2) it should beif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_PORTAL'))change VBA_PORTAL to VBA_SCRIPT,
ie REPLACE line#1 withif ($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] AND $vbulletin->options['zointsseo_rewrite_urls'] AND VB_AREA == 'Forum' AND !defined('VBA_SCRIPT'))
this should prevent the <base href=""> tag being added to the header which I think was the problem.


Again, apologies for the lack of testing of this before offering it as a possible solution.

Seems to work fine. But there are to much other Bugs in this Hack. It is still absolutely unusable and brings more Problems than it is worth.

Example - forum/index.php is not longer active in navbar if you use vBa at forum/cmps_index.php and if you use a DirectoryIndex to forum/cmps_index.php. It rewrits to forum/ and you still go to Portal and not to the Forum.

[M0rGu3]

Example - forum/index.php is not longer active in navbar if you use vBa at forum/cmps_index.php and if you use a DirectoryIndex to forum/cmps_index.php. It rewrits to forum/ and you still go to Portal and not to the Forum.You can turn this off... Set "correct links to index.php" on off (I'm not sure about the title, in german it's "Links zu index.php korrigieren" - solltest du also finden redlabour ;) )

[mpage]

poop, Im a bit stck in the mud. after installing i get:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO plugin
(`active`, `executionorder`, `title`, `hookname`, `phpcode`, `product`)
VALUES
('1', '5', 'Zoints SEO', 'archive_complete', 'if ($vbulletin->options[\'zointsseo_on\'])\r\n{\r\n $output .= zseo_archive_ad(\'g_foot1\');\r\n $output .= \"
$vbphrase[vbulletin_copyright]
\";\r\n $output .= zseo_archive_ad(\'g_foot2\');\r\n $output .= \"\";\r\n if (defined(\'NOSHUTDOWNFUNC\'))\r\n {\r\n exec_shut_down();\r\n }\r\n echo $output;\r\n exit;\r\n}', 'zointsseo');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'executionorder' in 'field list'

could this be due to a non compatible MySQL version, i think my servers use quite an out of date MySQL

anyone know, or seen similar?

[iTaLiAnBoY165]

I have noticed that after using .htaccess rewrite mod engine the forums dont allow you to enter a password on a password protected forum it just keeps telling you that the password is incorrect

[project-Buckfas]

1 would think this isn't being supported at all...

[JD45]

1 would think this isn't being supported at all...

It isn't. I posted on another site where the creator posts. Instead of replying with a possible solution, I was told that I should only use this if I have a very good knowledge of SEO.

Sorry, a good knowledge of SEO has nothing to do with a good knowledge of PHP/mysql.

[Zoints]

It isn't. I posted on another site where the creator posts. Instead of replying with a possible solution, I was told that I should only use this if I have a very good knowledge of SEO.

Sorry, a good knowledge of SEO has nothing to do with a good knowledge of PHP/mysql.

Hopefully i'm just misinterpretting, but are you getting upset over the fact I didn't help you when the first line of this modification says:

********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********

And many subsequent lines say it is unsupported and released under the LGPL so that the community could further develop it?

[JD45]

Hopefully i'm just misinterpretting, but are you getting upset over the fact I didn't help you when the first line of this modification says:

********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********

And many subsequent lines say it is unsupported and released under the LGPL so that the community could further develop it?

I'm not upset, just dissappointed. It'd be much easier for you, as the author to find a fix than I. Many others have posted bugs with this paticular hack.

I like the idea of the hack itself and think it has lots of potential. Your other hacks work just fine with no problems and I'm using them as we speak.

I just think it would be better if you took a look at what some of the issues that people are reporting and see if they're easily fixed on your end. Otherwise, it does look unsupported.

Edit: I see the tick box for supported is unticked. So I stand corrected. It's not supported.

[Zoints]

I'm not upset, just dissappointed. It'd be much easier for you, as the author to find a fix than I. Many others have posted bugs with this paticular hack.

I understand your frustration and I'm sincerely sorry this modification has brought it on.

Do you REALLY need to use the mod_rewrite option? It's off for a reason, and that's because it doesn't do anything but make your urls a little prettier and cause lots of problems. Whereas the other aspects of this modification such as the forum by forum meta descriptions and improved archive navigation can help a lot.

Most of the "bugs" you speak of are mere incompatibilities with other hacks caused by the mod_rewrite.

I'm of the opinion that changing url structure on forums is no longer needed and can and usually does far more harm than good.

[Orcun]

It isn't. I posted on another site where the creator posts. Instead of replying with a possible solution, I was told that I should only use this if I have a very good knowledge of SEO.

Sorry, a good knowledge of SEO has nothing to do with a good knowledge of PHP/mysql.


Here, "a good knowledge of SEO" refers to users asking "Hey! I installed this SEO and my hits didnt increased 93454397 more in 1 day".

If you read older pages in this thread, you can see user posts like that.

Thanks.

[Orcun]

if fount a bunch of bugs more:


template threadbit line 65:


-> this does not work with the searchengine. the serach sesult pages will link to:
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?&highlight=keyword?goto=lastpost
while it should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?highlight=keyword&goto=lastpost


template search_results_postbit line 25:

$post[typeprefix] <a href="<if condition="$show['zointsurl']">$post[threadurl]<else />showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$post[threadid]$post[highlight]</if>"><strong>$post[threadtitle]</strong></a>


does not work. it will show a link to the forum in witch the thread is located, not the thread itself.


modification of thempate forumhome_lastpostby is useless, because there will be a redirection anyway. If you do this you just have a rewritten url redirecting to another rewritten (both having parameters). I don't see an advantage doing the modification that is sugested for this template.


if you use "go to the last posting" you will be redirected to a url like this
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?p=470529#post470529
though the last posting might not be on page 1 the url looks like it was page one. If the last posting was on page 3 the url should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123p3.html#post470529


on online.php - if a user is currently seeing a thread in the archive, the url has no keywords and two slashes, like
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/archive//t-15828.html


"Use Zoints Archive Navigation?" -> when i use this feature, no navigation shows up at all.


My search results are not SEOed. ??
Are u using Php as module or CGI ?

[nimonogi]

Hello, any news on the sitemap generator?

[rogersnm]

I'm expanding it as we speak.

[nimonogi]

Cool... please keep us informed.

Thanks.

[mA|tRiX]

I have noticed that after using .htaccess rewrite mod engine the forums dont allow you to enter a password on a password protected forum it just keeps telling you that the password is incorrect

Thats my problem too.:surprised:

[RedTyger]

First of all, thank you so much for releasing this mod. It is amazing!

After I got everything installed I noticed that I cannot follow links within my archive/sitemap directory. Everything else seems to work fine.

Here is the link to my archive/sitemap post install:

http://www.chaosforums.com/sitemap/

You will notice as you click on the links it will not take you any deeper into the archive. I think its the .htaccess file messing things up, but cant tell.

im running 3.6.3

Yes, I've just noticed this problem as well and rapidly uninstalled the mod again. Essentially removing the archive will I suspect do more damage than they keywords etc will gain. Big shame, but in tandem with the other bugs I'm not sure it's quite ready for the big-time. Almost! But not quite.

[rogersnm]

Cool... please keep us informed.

Thanks.

Ok, here's some info: It currently gets all the thread and forum links and makes an xml out of them and that's all. I'm going to release just that soon as v0.2 and it will expand to include all url's made by Zoints SEO but because of the high demand. I am looking for a couple of beta sites though. NO harm can be done to the database by using the hack, I just want to make sure it works on different sites. Send me a pm if your interested.

[gbhedges]

Holy!!!!! It works :)

[lovelypk]

Will it work on 3.6.3??
Is it easy to uninstall?

[M0rGu3]

Will it work on 3.6.3??
Is it easy to uninstall?
In my Forum it works. Installed on 3.6.2, updated on 3.6.3.

[Alfa1]

never mind.

[Enigm@tic]

Dear @DChapman ;

I'm editing your product for Turkish users, can i release this Zoints Seo Turkish Version in my forum www.vbulletin-turkiye.com ? I wait ur positive answer...

Thanks for this product to you, as for me product of year :up: ;)

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Bu eklentiyi kullanan bir?ok site g?rd?m, % 90'i footerdeki Forum SEO By Zoints yazısını kaldırmış, buradan t?m bu emek hırsızlarını kınıyorum !

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I see a lot of site using this product, % 90's removed Forum SEO By Zoints caption in the footer, im to censure this here all thieves !

[project-Buckfas]

You can remove the copyright if your are part of the Zoints network...

Q. Can I remove the little copyright notice in the footer?

A. Yes, one of two ways.

1. Join the Zoints Forum Network
2. Make a $100.00 or larger donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and email Zoints with a copy of the receipt at ZointsIsCoolAndIGaveMoneyToTheEFF@zoints.com

More FAQ's coming.

[ninjashoes]

go to plugins>zoints seo>parse templates and look for the copyright part and removes it

use notepad to copy everything before you start taking stuff out in case you make a mistake

btw guys dont use mod rewrite unless your sure you will use it forever or youll end up losing all your pages in google due to the urls becoming dead

[xtrass]

Nobody can tell how to change the .htaccess to exclude the /gallery folder?
Thanks

I've used this code to exclude folders from other rewrites with other programs, not sure if it will work in your case but why not try?

RewriteRule ^folder(.*)$ - [L]

replace *folder* with the name of the folder you want to exlude.

If you have more then 1 folder you must enter this code for each folder.

Be sure to place the code about in the middle of your htaccess.

Hope it works for you!


And this comment really bugs me as I am a seasoned seo for a few years,

"pleased do not install this hack unless you are well educated when it comes to SEO"

this is laughable!

EVEN IF YOU DO NOTHING, NO SEO MOD, your pages will get indexed by the top 3 search engines no matter if you use VB, SMF, or even PHPBB, with those funky crazy urls that every one says se's don't like :)

It requires absolutely NOT one ounce of SEO smarts to install a program to create "SE Friendly" URLS! In fact there are many blog plugins (FOR FREE) THAT DOES THAT!

I think it's a pitty that the top Forum scripts, VB included, DOES NOT COME with better SE Frindly urls out of box for free. I know that WOWBB does ($80) and accomplishes all this with a click of a button, unfortunately it lacks many other more important features. The point I'm trying to make is that all this should come with our forums, in the case with VB where we had to pay $150 for it is totally outrageous for us to have to pay another $150 for decent se friendly urls (seovb), or have to deal with a buggy unsupported freebie.

I appreciate Zoints SEO's effort, but they use vbseo and offer little in way of support. And to make a comment like you need some sort of seo experience to achieve this is well, ill advised.

I only hope either this seo plug in becomes ready for prime time *with* support, or VB wakes up and offers it's own because SMF is right on their heals for feature for feature, and they are 100% free! I use both so I am totally unbiased and simply call it as I see it :)

[persianforum]

I had installed Zoints SEO and had only one domain.
Now that I have 3 domains(.com .net .org) when I login
through ".org' and click on a topic/forum ,all the links of
the site are ".com" not ".org".
when I disable Zoints SEO ,there is no problems.
How can I set or config the Zoints SEO that I wouldn't have
such a problem.
best regards

[flindersredclaw]

I asked the folks over at vbulletin.com and they suggested that I ask the question here as it is a zoints seo issue.

Basically, I may have something not set correctly.

The archive shows the categories but the links to those categories go nowhere.

http://www.crayfishmates.com/forum/archive/index.php

Any and all help appreciated.

[rogersnm]

If you disable zoints seo does it work?

[Make Money?]

Is there a manual? For SEO and the TAG option?

If not where is the best place to discuss stuff?

At Zoints?

this thread is handy, sure but probably not the best place.

I am interested in "tag strategy" how to manage tags - and to discuss with others using these products..

For example I bet I could do a lot of damage messing around in the SEO admin panel and I bet there are advanced Tag tips I am unaware of.

I want to learn how to best use these products

Thanks..

[stemmy]

I have this hack installed.

I have a problem with it.

I have a few password protected forum an as soon as I enable this hack the passwords stop working. Anything entered is rejected as the wrong password.

Is this a common problem an more importantly is it something i can correct.

I have narrowed it down to this hack as disabling it restarts the password sections.

HELP !!!!!

please

[citricguy]

Is there a manual? For SEO and the TAG option?

If not where is the best place to discuss stuff?

At Zoints?

this thread is handy, sure but probably not the best place.

I am interested in "tag strategy" how to manage tags - and to discuss with others using these products..

For example I bet I could do a lot of damage messing around in the SEO admin panel and I bet there are advanced Tag tips I am unaware of.

I want to learn how to best use these products

Thanks..

Check out the http://www.vbseo.com forum. There is a lot of vB based SEO stuff there, granted its centered around the vBseo product, but it still has a lot of knowledgeable people and some great info!

[LocutusofBorg]

we at DaemonTools forum decided to use Zoints SEO, too (at least partially, as
some of the code is not working like we want it and already replaced ;) )

However, we try to iron out now the bugs, then we will forward our modifications
to DChapman for consideration and release of course -

Personally, I think DChapman is right. We have a fine piece of software here,
now it's up to us all to improve the code until such products like vBSEO are not
a MUST anymore and everyone CAN chose. vBSEO seems to be a fine product,
however, there has to be a free alternative for those that doesnt fit in their AUP
or can't afford the money. And last, opensource is not a must, but preferrable.

[Zoints]

we at DaemonTools forum decided to use Zoints SEO, too (at least partially, as
some of the code is not working like we want it and already replaced ;) )

However, we try to iron out now the bugs, then we will forward our modifications
to DChapman for consideration and release of course -

Personally, I think DChapman is right. We have a fine piece of software here,
now it's up to us all to improve the code until such products like vBSEO are not
a MUST anymore and everyone CAN chose. vBSEO seems to be a fine product,
however, there has to be a free alternative for those that doesnt fit in their AUP
or can't afford the money. And last, opensource is not a must, but preferrable.

I must admit, it puts a smile on my face to know an organization like DaemonTools is using Zoints SEO. I look forward to seeing your modifications to the code, I have no doubt it will be quality work.

[lovelypk]

Will this work for 3.6.4??

[da420]

Will this work for 3.6.4??

Yes, it does.

[project-Buckfas]

I'm looking forward to this!

we at DaemonTools forum decided to use Zoints SEO, too (at least partially, as
some of the code is not working like we want it and already replaced ;) )

However, we try to iron out now the bugs, then we will forward our modifications
to DChapman for consideration and release of course -

Personally, I think DChapman is right. We have a fine piece of software here,
now it's up to us all to improve the code until such products like vBSEO are not
a MUST anymore and everyone CAN chose. vBSEO seems to be a fine product,
however, there has to be a free alternative for those that doesnt fit in their AUP
or can't afford the money. And last, opensource is not a must, but preferrable.

[s25]

That sounds great I love this mod so much! It is working flawlessly for me at the moment pity the seo does not move across to vbPortal, Any ideas on how to make it work in that as well?

[quadinfotech]

Installed the hack on my test board and can now see the options on the panel,
several template modifications where not done even though the board is completely clean and just installed prior to installation of this hack, so I went ahead and did the mods manually,

added the included .htaccess file to the forum directory (/testforum/)
when I set the "Rewrite URLs" option to "Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewrite", clicking on any forum or thread gives me a blank page with this line on top left corner "No input file specified."
the other "Rewrite URLs and insert keywords" works fine.

need directions on how to go about fixing it,
Thank you

edit: also would like to know how one can tell that this is actually working?
I'm talking about SEO part?being more visible to search engines?
also what's the difference between "Rewrite URLs" and "mod_rewrite"?

[rogersnm]

Option 1 is forumdisplay.php/i-love-you-f111 - more or less xD
option 2 is i-love-you-f111.html

As for fixing it if it's not working are you sure your server allows mod_rewrite?

[quadinfotech]

Option 1 is forumdisplay.php/i-love-you-f111 - more or less xD
option 2 is i-love-you-f111.html

As for fixing it if it's not working are you sure your server allows mod_rewrite?

thanx for the response, option two surely looks better, not sure if it necessarily works better or not as it is in fact shorter,

I was under the impression that adding the .htaccess would enable "mod_rewrite" at server, if not I suppose I need to contact them and have them enable it if at all possible.

[rogersnm]

Adding the htaccess file just means your trying to use mod_rewrite not actually installing it.

[Cloudrunner]

If you disable the rewrite of urls completely and use the standard vb navigation all is fine.

If you turn on the rewrite or the zoints nav in the archive, then the system hiccups and won't link properly, it just reloads the page.

That said, I've turned off the rewriting of the URLs since the big SEs are now able to spider dynamic urls anyways, and have turned off the zoints navigation in the archive. I did allow for the archive to be renamed however, and that is working as expected.

I don't know if anyone is working on this problem, but I cannot expect the zoints team to do it since they released it to us to finish up.

Any thoughts?

[quadinfotech]

Adding the htaccess file just means your trying to use mod_rewrite not actually installing it.

got it, I'll contact the host and ask them to enable this option,
hopefully they'll know what it is,lol
thanx for ur help.

[webmastershome]

hi there,

how can i remove the session id

regards
jitender

[Cocko]

if fount a bunch of bugs more:


template threadbit line 65:


-> this does not work with the searchengine. the serach sesult pages will link to:
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?&highlight=keyword?goto=lastpost
while it should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?highlight=keyword&goto=lastpost


template search_results_postbit line 25:

$post[typeprefix] <a href="<if condition="$show['zointsurl']">$post[threadurl]<else />showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$post[threadid]$post[highlight]</if>"><strong>$post[threadtitle]</strong></a>


does not work. it will show a link to the forum in witch the thread is located, not the thread itself.


modification of thempate forumhome_lastpostby is useless, because there will be a redirection anyway. If you do this you just have a rewritten url redirecting to another rewritten (both having parameters). I don't see an advantage doing the modification that is sugested for this template.


if you use "go to the last posting" you will be redirected to a url like this
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123.html?p=470529#post470529
though the last posting might not be on page 1 the url looks like it was page one. If the last posting was on page 3 the url should be
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/your-title-t123p3.html#post470529


on online.php - if a user is currently seeing a thread in the archive, the url has no keywords and two slashes, like
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/archive//t-15828.html


"Use Zoints Archive Navigation?" -> when i use this feature, no navigation shows up at all.


I have that issue /w last posting after installation Zoints SEO .

Also there is an issue /w WYSIWYG editor - preview or editing
a post and bb code php included gets a mess.

By now I needed to uninstall this hack completely :(

Did Somebody fix the results written in quoted posting of nocte ?
(running vB 3.6.4, CMPS 2.2.1, PhotoPost Pro 5.5, iBProArcade 2.5.7)

Thx for advise.

[imported_infitech]

Pre-installation question:
With the above warning, I have to ask, Is this modification easily uninstalled in-case for some reason we need to uninstall it?

Also will you be developing newer version for each VBulletin upgrade.
I'm kind of weary when it comes to installing larger mods like this because of the rate of VBulletin's development.

[webmastershome]

Please help me to remove the session id

[solokron]

I am also receiving this error.

vBulletin Version: 3.6.4

ZointsSEO Version: 2.2.2

PHP as CGI. PHP 4.4.4

Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewriteThis requires mod_rewrite support on the web server enabled.

.htaccess placed in forum directory.
Contents:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]


Both Pagination methods result in the same error.

"No input file specified."

I am guessing it is an .htaccess rewrite rule which is not friendly with PHP over CGI.


i get this error "No input file specified."

[solokron]

Yep, placing it on another server with the exact same setup but PHP as a module works fine.


I am also receiving this error.

vBulletin Version: 3.6.4

ZointsSEO Version: 2.2.2

PHP as CGI. PHP 4.4.4

Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewriteThis requires mod_rewrite support on the web server enabled.

.htaccess placed in forum directory.
Contents:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]


Both Pagination methods result in the same error.

"No input file specified."

I am guessing it is an .htaccess rewrite rule which is not friendly with PHP over CGI.

[ForumOrtami]

SEO options > Setting > click 'save' :( :( :(

what is problem in picture?

PS: I'm sorry. I dont speak english enough :(

[solokron]

Not acceptable 406 errors are sometimes indicative of a mod_security rule affecting the request.

You also want to be sure the file is uploaded fully and in the correct file mode.

SEO options > Setting > click 'save' :( :( :(

what is problem in picture?

PS: I'm sorry. I dont speak english enough :(

[extreme-mobile]

hey guys am having a minor problem with this in version VB 3.6.4

when i reply to a post it produces a white page, and then when i refresh it goes back to the forum posta nd it has posted correctly but its a bit annoying that i have to refresh everytime

any ideas or a fix?

when i create a thread its fine its only when i reply to something

cheers

dean

[extreme-mobile]

any one :( is this just not compatible with 3.6.4 ?

[gothicuser]

any one :( is this just not compatible with 3.6.4 ?
Can't say I have any idea how to fix your problem, but I use it on all my vB forums, all running 3.6.4 without probs :D

[ComputerVitals]

any one :( is this just not compatible with 3.6.4 ?

Running 3.6.4 without any problems.

[erinys]

Pre-installation question:
With the above warning, I have to ask, Is this modification easily uninstalled in-case for some reason we need to uninstall it?

Also will you be developing newer version for each VBulletin upgrade.
I'm kind of weary when it comes to installing larger mods like this because of the rate of VBulletin's development.

exactly my thoughts aswell, it would be desastrous if google completely spidered your site with 200.000 urls, and then it breaks and renders every single url as 404.
thats why i havent installed it aswell

[solokron]

If that is ever the case just throw in some mod rewrite rules.

exactly my thoughts aswell, it would be desastrous if google completely spidered your site with 200.000 urls, and then it breaks and renders every single url as 404.
thats why i havent installed it aswell

[project-Buckfas]

How would that be done?

If that is ever the case just throw in some mod rewrite rules.

[extreme-mobile]

ive noticed it only displayes a white page after a reply when using firefox

would there be a way to make it more compatibile with fire fox

[BuzuL]

i have a problem...
vBSeo working on forum. But when you set up the Zoints it says : "No input File". I don't understand. It isn't result of mod_rewrite because vBSeo is working. Please help me :)

[Discussions]

i have a problem...
vBSeo working on forum. But when you set up the Zoints it says : "No input File". I don't understand. It isn't result of mod_rewrite because vBSeo is woring. Please help me :)

Why in the world are you using two SEO mods? Delete one and use the other (I mean completely delete one. Do not use the .htaccess from vbseo for ZointsSEO)

You are just asking for problems.

[BuzuL]

Why in the world are you using two SEO mods? Delete one and use the other (I mean completely delete one. Do not use the .htaccess from vbseo for ZointsSEO)

You are just asking for problems.

i set up vBSeo for testing it.It hasn't got licence. I want to see if it is working or not.{Mod_rewrite} I want to set up Zoints.But it says No input File. This is the problem.I am looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks from now...

[Make Money?]

Is there an ETA on the update to make it possible to nominate various user groups to create tags?

I am stuck untill this is possible.

Thanks v much in advance

[fsakbas]

thanks a lot .

[solokron]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=127336&page=25#365

i have a problem...
vBSeo working on forum. But when you set up the Zoints it says : "No input File". I don't understand. It isn't result of mod_rewrite because vBSeo is working. Please help me :)

[BuzuL]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=127336&page=25#365

Thanks.Solokron
Zoints On air :p {Working Zoints}

[solokron]

Great to hear!

Thanks.Solokron
Zoints On air :p {Working Zoints}

[project-Buckfas]

Any fix for this issue with urls in mod rewrite??

http://www.my-web-site.com/property_seized_t28578.html?goto=newpost

[mamedo73]

this is very very good document. thak you very very much

[blazingpc]

*Installed* with no problems to report!!!:up:

[Amenadiel]

I'm experiencing an odd problem when trying to submit a thread to user controlled sites like Digg, Meneame or Pligg based ones.

When I activate 301 redirect these sites take forever to accept the URL and if they do, they say they cannot retrieve the title due to a "414 Request-URI Too Large" error or a "403 forbidden", but usually those user content engines just reject the URL or think forever.

Of course, I can just deactivate 301 redirect but still troubles me because I had this redirection on without problems until a couple of weeks ago, and besides, these engines use remote voting buttons which detect how many votes a story has based on the URL... without 301 redirect the URL of a certain thread can be very variable:

http://www.chilehardware.com/foro/acciones-legales-contra-t60955.html
http://www.chilehardware.com/foro/topic-t60955.html
http://www.chilehardware.com/foro/showthread.php?t=60955

etc etc...

[Omerr]

Hi guys.
I'm sorry, but I don't get something. Is the SEO system free to use? In your website it says 160$, but here it's available. Any explanation?
Thanks!

[da420]

Zoints is free, and has never cost any money to my knowledge. You may be thinking about vBSEO...

[Lizard King]

i have a problem...
vBSeo working on forum. But when you set up the Zoints it says : "No input File". I don't understand. It isn't result of mod_rewrite because vBSeo is working. Please help me :)
vBSEO doesn't have any demo or limited version. You downloaded illegal version of vBSEO from a server or a warez board. I strongly advise you to contact vBSEO team and report them about where you downloaded the nulled version.

[Omerr]

da420, thanks for your response. I got confused with vBSEO indeed.

[Omerr]

OK guys, I have just finished installing and everything seems to work great!
HOWEVER, I still can't find myself in google, even if I insert my own domain!

My website's address is www.freehelp.co.il. And it's in Hebrew, so don't panic when you see the fonts. :)

Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Omer.

[project-Buckfas]

You need to submitt your site to google

http://www.google.com/addurl/

[djbaxter]

OK guys, I have just finished installing and everything seems to work great!
HOWEVER, I still can't find myself in google, even if I insert my own domain!

My website's address is www.freehelp.co.il. And it's in Hebrew, so don't panic when you see the fonts. :)

Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Omer.

It's not an instantaneous thing - it takes time to get indexed in any search engine. Wait a few months. On the net, patience is the key.

Use the site:freehelp.co.il query to get an idea of how many and which pages Google has indexed. There are similar queries you can use for Yahoo and MSN.

You need to submitt your site to google

http://www.google.com/addurl/

You don't need to do this normally but it won't hurt,

[BuzuL]

vBSEO doesn't have any demo or limited version. You downloaded illegal version of vBSEO from a server or a warez board. I strongly advise you to contact vBSEO team and report them about where you downloaded the nulled version.

Hello Lizard King ;

I have installed vbseo 2.4.0 i thought it was trial version but it was an illegal version so i unistalled the illegal version as fast as i can and i complaint the site that i had the illegal version.

Thanks.

and also i'm using zoints right now and i'm happy :p Thanks Zoints...

[djbaxter]

I can't see any reason why anybody would want both Zoints SEO and vBSEO installed at the same time in any case.

[Amenadiel]

I'm experiencing an odd problem when trying to submit a thread to user controlled sites like Digg, Meneame or Pligg based ones.

When I activate 301 redirect these sites take forever to accept the URL and if they do, they say they cannot retrieve the title due to a "414 Request-URI Too Large" error or a "403 forbidden", but usually those user content engines just reject the URL or think forever.


Ok I see there isn't an answer for my question, but I have another clue. I found this site which allows a webmaster to see a page rendered in different browsers:

http://browsershots.org/

When I enter the SEOed URL for one of my forum news:

http://www.chilehardware.com/foro/ubuntu-y-linspire-t62423.html

I get the message:

Your request has been redirected. The server said '301 Moved permanently'. Please try again.

Ok, so the 301 redirection itself would be the problem... so we'll have to see another way to redirect normal URL to SEOed ones.

[Amenadiel]

<font size="3">EDIT: 5 hours later</font>

I found out that the problem was in the plugin showthread_getinfo

For some odd reason, the line

if ($request_uri != $supposed_uri)

was always true, so even the SEOed URL were being 301 redirected.

I inserted a few debug lines and found out that $request_uri resulted in an empty string... WTF, perhaps that's because I have register_globals off.

Anyway, I replaced the $request_uri for the original command $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and everything works fine now.

[mommiesrus]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=127336&page=25#365" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...36&page=25#365</a>

Could you explain the difference between "PHP over CGI" and "PHP as a module"?

When I select "Rewrite URLs and insert keywords", I get "No input file specified."
When I select "Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, mod_rewrite option", I get a "Page not found" error.

I have noticed that the forum dir is not listed in the link with the mod_rewrite option.

I am running PHP 4.3.11 on a Linux Apache (cgi-fcgi) server. Is it possible that I am missing a MIME type in my .htaccess?

[eh9 daddy]

To remove the session_id from the url open the functions_zseo.php in the includes directory.

Remove3 times this code:

$extra = $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . $extra;

[Chachacha]

Hello all. I'm new to the vbulletin software and this modification looks like too much for me. I'm sure I would run into problems and get stuck. It would be great if someone could do this one for me. Please PM me if you will install this mod on my site.

[dholt]

can we use the vbseo sitemap generator with this? I searched and other have asked this but no answers as there was a File that was uploaded called sitemap and I have another file for vbseo sitemap.

These 2 products will work nicly together or do I need to remove one.

[djbaxter]

can we use the vbseo sitemap generator with this? I searched and other have asked this but no answers as there was a File that was uploaded called sitemap and I have another file for vbseo sitemap.

These 2 products will work nicly together or do I need to remove one.

Yes.

The vbseo sitemap generator produces a Google Sitemap (now also used by Yahoo and MSN Search).

The "sitemap" feature in Zoints SEO is about using the vBulletin Archive as a sitemap.

Not the same thing at all so they don't interfere with one another.

[dholt]

Thank you

[IrPr]

Thank for this AWESOME mod

I read this thread but couldnt find any fix for Quote Backlink url
sometimes its broken
also goto first unread post above first post at left
and paging using menu and entering page numer is borken

any suggestion?

[Chachacha]

Hello all. I'm new to the vbulletin software and this modification looks like too much for me. I'm sure I would run into problems and get stuck. It would be great if someone could do this one for me. Please PM me if you will install this mod on my site.

Actually, this modification was easier than I thought. I successfully installed it this evening. Thanks for the great mod ...but I do have a suggestion to enhance it.

I would like to see the urls for member names to change from:
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/member.php?u=2000

to:
http://www.yourforum.com/forum/sweetgirl.html ^^depending on the user's name


Or something to that effect.

[P.Jackson]

Yea that would be very good

[turkerm]

Do sb have an idea about how to change the URLs into "thread123.html" style?

Or do someone have an idea about how to 301 redirect thread123.html style URLs to zoints seo style URLs?

Thanks.

[Capt. GannA]

I had no problems whatsoever installing this and it works great with my 3.6.4 board. Great plugin.. thanks :D

[kofoid]

Hi there! THANK YOU for this - excellent add on!

I too am having a problem with "View First Unread" - when my members click on it they are taken back to the homepage. Can anyone help?

Here's the View First Unread liknk: http://www.lets-yada-yada-yada.com/#post488154 I believe it's missing "showthread.php. I am guessing I can just fix this with a template edit

[bgtfamily]

Has anyone ran into this error when enabling the seo system.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function fetch_dynamic_permission_message() in

[3dpirate]

Will this mod work for 3.6.4?

If so I need to install right now!

[djbaxter]

Will this mod work for 3.6.4?

If so I need to install right now!

Yes. It works just fine with 3.64 and 3.65.

[lovelypk]

any plan for updating the mod?

[mrxbma]

just so everyone knows, this mod will NOT work with godaddy hosting, or any other PHP as CGI hosting

[dholt]

Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewriteThis requires mod_rewrite support on the web server.

I asked my host and they said I could use this but when I activate it it sends each forum to a 404

everything else works greats thanks so much for this

[djbaxter]

any plan for updating the mod?

Updating it to what? It doesn't need updating. It works just fine as it is.

just so everyone knows, this mod will NOT work with godaddy hosting, or any other PHP as CGI hosting

What about it won't work? I just installed it on a CGI forum and it's working fine (without mod_rewrite - see below).

Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewriteThis requires mod_rewrite support on the web server. I asked my host and they said I could use this but when I activate it it sends each forum to a 404. everything else works greats thanks so much for this

You really do NOT need mod_rewrite. No major search engine has trouble with the native vBulletin URLs. Use some of the other Zoints SEO features and turn off mod_rewrite. Apsart from being unnecessary, it does exact an extra load on your server,

[Ducks]

I'm using ZointsSEO on my board to optimize the URLs, but I think they could be even more optimized for.

We have 3 common special characters in Denmark I wanna replace with something else than an underscore:
? should be replaced by ae
? should be replaced by oe
? should be replaced by aa
I would also like if the URLs look like http://domain.dk/thread/ID/title/ instead of http://domain.dk/titl-tID.html

Here's the .htaccess from ZointsSEO:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

[djbaxter]

Ducks, why do you think you need to do this? Honestly, the value of rewriting URLs is vastly overstated.

[Ducks]

Okay maybe.. But I still like it for so people easier can see the threads content

[djbaxter]

Then check out vRewrite.

[corsacant]

Is there any way of turning off the optimised URL's for specific forums?
I have iTrader installed and configured to work in my classified section, but it doesn't agree with the SEO URL's of the threads. By this I mean that in order for feedback to be left for members, a thread URL needs to be submitted, but iTrader is not working with the Zoints SEO URL's.

All I want is a method to exclude my classified section from having the URL's re-written by the Zoints SEO without turning off the whol product.

Thanks in advance.

[Charmedfan]

In vB 3.6.5 there is a bug in Zoints Seo. If you klick on the URL or IMG button in the Quick Edit or Quick Reply, you come to an Error page in the little window with the message: Wrong Topic (In German "Ungültiges Thema"). Has anybody an idea how can you fix this bug?
It also is in the smilie menu in QR and QE (Hack). You come to the same page like above.

Thanks for the answers!

[Charmedfan]

Problem fixed with help from vbulletin-germany.com!

In file clientscript/vbulletin_textedit.js find:


if (is_ie7)
{
var returnvalue = window.showModalDialog("clientscript/ieprompt.html", { value: defaultval, label: dialogtxt, dir: document.dir, title: document.title }, "dialogWidth:320px; dialogHeight:150px; dialogTop:" + (parseInt(window.screenTop) + parseInt(window.event.clientY) + parseInt(document.body.scrollTop) - 100) + "px; dialogLeft:" + (parseInt(window.screenLeft) + parseInt(window.event.clientX) + parseInt(document.body.scrollLeft) - 160) + "px; resizable: No;");
}
else
{
var returnvalue = prompt(dialogtxt, defaultval);
}

Rewrite the red marked path with you full path like that:

if (is_ie7)
{
var returnvalue = window.showModalDialog("http://www.yousite.tld/forum/clientscript/ieprompt.html", { value: defaultval, label: dialogtxt, dir: document.dir, title: document.title }, "dialogWidth:320px; dialogHeight:150px; dialogTop:" + (parseInt(window.screenTop) + parseInt(window.event.clientY) + parseInt(document.body.scrollTop) - 100) + "px; dialogLeft:" + (parseInt(window.screenLeft) + parseInt(window.event.clientX) + parseInt(document.body.scrollLeft) - 160) + "px; resizable: No;");
}
else
{
var returnvalue = prompt(dialogtxt, defaultval);
}

It is not the best solutions but a good work-arround!

[RichieBoy67]

A fix for the vBGallery problems: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=130893




Thank you so much for this!!!!! I spent 2 hours trying to figure this out. Man! I was way off base trying to use htaccess and the parse plug in for photopost...

I spent all that time when it was one tiny add......man..

Thanks!! The gallery is now fully functional with rewrites!! Yeeha...

[RichieBoy67]

one small issue I am having is with the digital co op banner verification. basically when the crawlers go to the site to confirm placement of thier banners they are getting thrown off by urlrewrite......

Is there a fix for this?? Would something similiar to the gallery fix work for this as well???

Has anyone else had a problem with this type of problem???


in response to the zoints seo site map mod.. I would love that!! I think all of these zoints mods and integrations are excellent and if they are all as good as what we have seen so far I say keep em coming!!!


Thanks for all the hard work and time to not only come up with these, write them but also support them...

Rich

PS- If anyone wants to see any of the zoints mods in action visit www.talkandmore.net (http://www.talkandmore.net) -- I will create temp log ins if requested...

[Cagonni]

in godaddy there are some problems with mod_rewrite..

take a look at this..

Options SymlinksIfOwnerMatch
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
Rewritebase /
RewriteRule ^/?test\.html$ test.php [L]

this htaccess change test.php to test.html it works.But in zoints seo i should edit this lines like above..

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

but how?

[rellek]

Known bugs

1. If a user disables cookies, infinite redirect loop.

I have a fix for this :-)

Create a new plugin for "vBulletin" (Maybe also for Zoints SEO, dont know, havent tested).
Hook: global_start
title: doesnt matter
Order: 1 (important!)
PHP-Code:
if(!$show['search_engine'] && $vbulletin->superglobal_size['_COOKIE'] == 0)
$vbulletin->options['zointsseo_on'] = false;


You can test if you want:
www.rellek.org


Search-Bots should not be affected from this little hack :)


Thanks for this great addon, by the way :-)


Greets

[ben_erhan]

I am using this plugin.Everything is ok.But there is only one problem about forum access password.

When we are using zoints seo we can not log in to any forum has password access.
If I disable the plugin we can log into the forum.

I try to chenge the password but still we can not.It says everytime " wrong password".

How can I solve this problem?

[Cagonni]

in godaddy there are some problems with mod_rewrite..

take a look at this..

Options SymlinksIfOwnerMatch
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
Rewritebase /
RewriteRule ^/?test\.html$ test.php [L]

this htaccess change test.php to test.html it works.But in zoints seo i should edit this lines like above..

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

but how?

fixed :D

[Zweeper]

hallo,

i have 2 problems and i hope that someone can help me. I'm using Vbulletin 3.5.4.

1.) in the online.php the links are not correctly rewritten.
when a user is reading a thread, there just is a "is reading a thread" message, not "is reading thread XXX".

2.) in my archive there is a error. (http://www.zweeper.de/forum/archive/)
i can see the site, but when i click on a link, i just come again and again on the archive startpage. when i turn Zoints SEO off, its all correct.

i deactivated the follow options:

Rewrite /archive/ to /sitemap/
Use Archive as Sitemap
Use Zoints Archive Navigation?

(when i activate them, the error is just the same)


my htaccess file looks like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]


i hope someone can help me, greetings, zweeper.

[djbaxter]

in my archive there is a error. (http://www.zweeper.de/forum/archive/)
i can see the site, but when i click on a link, i just come again and again on the archive startpage. when i turn Zoints SEO off, its all correct

1. Are you on a server using CGI mode? If so, there seem to be some known problems with the archive.

2. Are you using mod_rewrite in Zoints SEO? If so, turn that feature off. You really do not need it with vBulletin 3.xx. The existing URLs are quite spider friendly.

[IrPr]

Just a simple question
does URL 301 redirection use query ?
i mean when i link to showthread.php?t=X and then Zoints redirects to xxx, the redirection stage will use any query or PHP resources?

sorry my bad english

[Capt. GannA]

I'm having problems moving/merging posts :/

You have not specified a valid URL for the thread that you want to merge. Please check that the URL includes a valid threadid, "t=xxx" or postid, "p=xxx" (where xxx is a number).

Help?

[djbaxter]

Are you using mod_rewrite?

[giovannicosta]

Would love to install this but sadly it is not supported.

[Capt. GannA]

Are you using mod_rewrite?

Yes, I am.

[djbaxter]

My advice is to turn off URL rewriting.

1. vBulletin doesn't need it: all of the major search engines can spider and index the out-of-the-box vBulletin URLs without any modification at all

2. it won't help you with a vBulletin forum, notwithstanding popular clamorings to the contrary

3. it does add somewhat to server load - save that for features that actually matter and enhance your forum

[phlogiston]

My advice is to turn off URL rewriting.
Personally speaking I find URL rewriting to be a great service to members and the broader internet population when faced with a link whether or not it improves search engine ranking and so I despair when folk say "it adds nothing" - it can add context and information to real people.

To explain: the majority of the time folk cut & paste links from the url address bar and often with no context.
for example: "CHECK THIS OUT! http://www.spoiltcat.com/showthread.php?t=2083 " doesn't have any hints of what to expect, whereas rewriten " http://www.spoiltcat.com/danni_minogue-t2083.html " has already given away that the link (probably!) has something to do with Kylie Minogue's sister, Danni...
For casual browsers I've improved the quality of traffic to my site simply by the link identifying what it's about.


If the occasional search engine bumps me from ranked 103 to 102 because of it well that's a nice bonus...

[djbaxter]

1. That same information would probably be distilled from the content of the post/thread and a decent optimized page title without the need for mod_rewrite.

2. The majority of forum thread titles are so vague or generic or badly misspelled that the keyword-URL derived from them are virtually useless anyway.

Sample of recent threads on one large vBulletin forum:

Updated criterion
When members think they own the forum
Greetings from New England
Pricing Forums To Buy
What do you dislike the most?
Need a WordPress blog designer...
Best Free Software?
Editing members posts
Man's best friend indeed
Alert: Registerfly.com
Starting a forum help
How Many Members?
Question about cash mod and referral plus mod...
Board closed for upgrades - bad for SEO?
Movie/Game/TV Buffs required for New Site
1and1.co.uk?
Any major differences between Vbulletin?
Introducing {site name}
Should I Sell My Forum --

And another large webmaster forum:

No Link between Iraq and Al Qaeda
Webmaster's Blog
Sponser the SECOND nicest wordpress THEME ever SEEN
Google de ranked my directory
My grandma has just died
Warrior-type mascot
site wide exchange or link page exchange
CSS Site shows correct in Firefox but wrong in IE
Pr 3 directory - Free submission
Why
Owned Vbulletin License 4 Sale
Selling Links Cheap
Permanent PR6 links
PR4 Link exchange
[FREE] Need Made for Adsense (MFA) Script?
Any potential?
xbox forum 4 sell
The $48 Adsense website
More Forum Sign-Ups
Sponsor a cute Wordpress theme
Reviews my blog please
What do you think about Muslims and Jihad and Crusades

These are taken from "Today's Posts" on two vBulletin forums, edited only to remove thread titles that might identify the forum.

How many of those are going to convert to useful keyword URLs? Yes, a few perhaps... How many of those would be indexed for those same keywords from the content alone? How many others would yield better keywords from the content alone?

[phlogiston]

I understand that the SEO benefits of rewriting forum thread urls is very debatable - I was pointing out an unrelated benefit for real human people rather.

Very often Joe Public won't take your links and give them good context, they'll be copy-pasted asis. For people reading those links pasted to other sites or in a blog, before clicking on it, a showthread link gives me no idea where I'll end up other than the domain and "it's a forum".

A rewritten url offers extra human readable clues BEFORE BEING CLICKED through to the page to discover the pagetitle or content.
It also reassures the copy-paster that they've pasted the correct link.


I was merely pointing out that SEO isn't the be all and end all reasoning behind rewriting obscure thread id number urls, people-friendly urls are as important to me as search-engine-friendly :)

[djbaxter]

I understand that the SEO benefits of rewriting forum thread urls is very debatable - I was pointing out an unrelated benefit for real human people rather.

Very often Joe Public won't take your links and give them good context, they'll be copy-pasted asis. For people reading those links pasted to other sites or in a blog, before clicking on it, a showthread link gives me no idea where I'll end up other than the domain and "it's a forum".

A rewritten url offers extra human readable clues BEFORE BEING CLICKED through to the page to discover the pagetitle or content.

...which I don't think will make the slightest difference to human visitors. They are going to click on links from a search engine and what will determine those links is a combination of how far down the list the link is and the snippet.

Nobody will remember anything except the domain and tld (forum.com) anyway.

mod_rewrite has its uses, primarily if the software you're usiing creates search-engine-UNfriendly URLs - vBulletin does not do that out-of-the-box so the impact of mod_rewrite is extra server load and little else - except for creating additional things that can go wrong, which is likely the case with the poster where I raised the issue in the first place.

[Capt. GannA]

My advice is to turn off URL rewriting.



Not quite the answer I was looking for.. but thanks.

Anyone else? Please?

[phlogiston]

...which I don't think will make the slightest difference to human visitors. They are going to click on links from a search engine and what will determine those links is a combination of how far down the list the link is and the snippet.your still thinking "search engines" when my poor writing was trying to avoid that.
Lots of important links to your site will (hopefully!) be posted in blogs, other forums, on folks' myspaces, sent via email, etc. In those cases a human-friendly url can be to your benefit in my opinion. Whether that or other considerations outweigh the server load impact will depend on a site by site basis.

This is slightly off-topic of specifically Zoints SEO though, oops :$



Anyone else? Please?merging has always worked fine with me using Zoints SEO - although to narrow it down you could try switching off the url rewriting temporarily and try merging, find out if that is what's causingthe trouble or if it's something else

[bhanuprasad1981]

i just want to know wether can we revert all urls to normal php form without any problem caused to forum normal work?
i am using zoints seo from last 3 months it works nice ,but the problem is that all the post including some post made by admins in private forums are also starting to be visible in google :( , all my member profiles are also visible in google too,
thats so annoying to me :(
can i revert /remove zoints and bring forum back to normal?
please reply me

[mikey1090]

i think there should be an on/off switch in your vbulletin options

[bhanuprasad1981]

i think there should be an on/off switch in your vbulletin options
yes but it stops future urls not past ( i think)

[kartik786]

Getting the error No input file specified.

Ne idea what to be done ?

[moondragon13]

I've installed the mod and everything works awesome, thanks!

I am trying to get the mod_rewrite to work but it will not. I keep getting a 404 Not Found when I try to use the mod_rewrite rule. Any ideas? I am sure mod_rewrite is on in the apache config because my Word Press uses it with no problems, I also have my own rewrite rule on another site.

Apache 1.3.x

[WritersBeat]

If you have mod_rewrite for a while, and decide you don't want to use it - how detrimental would it be? Because I've had it for many months now - but I'm thinking about removing it.

[nocte]

If you have mod_rewrite for a while, and decide you don't want to use it - how detrimental would it be? Because I've had it for many months now - but I'm thinking about removing it.

well, you can unintall Zoins SEO but you should keep a .htaccess file that redirects all rewritten URLS (wich may be listed in Search engines and linked in your users postings as well) to the normal URLs.

Doing this you won't have any negative consequences (except from the SEO aspect..)

[WritersBeat]

Honestly, is there any benefit of Zoints SEO right now? Besides debatable opinions on rewriting the urls?

[djbaxter]

Honestly, is there any benefit of Zoints SEO right now? Besides debatable opinions on rewriting the urls?

Yes, definitely.

I don't use (or recommend) mod_rewrite but I have Zoints SEo installed for several other features, including funneling the home page URL, customized description tags, and several others.

[masons]

I use zoints SEO and I think recently my Google results are jumping up very quickly.. within a month went from 0/10 to 3/10 on PR

[djbaxter]

I use zoints SEO and I think recently my Google results are jumping up very quickly.. within a month went from 0/10 to 3/10 on PR

Zoints SEO is beneficial in a lot of ways but it does NOT affect PageRank.

PageRank is strictly a measure of the number and quality of incoming links to the page.

[bhanuprasad1981]

well, you can unintall Zoins SEO but you should keep a .htaccess file that redirects all rewritten URLS (wich may be listed in Search engines and linked in your users postings as well) to the normal URLs.

Doing this you won't have any negative consequences (except from the SEO aspect..)

can u please tell me exactly what has to be done with .htacess file, b cos when i remove seo hack whole my forum goes down and no page can be accessed until i re install it:(

[djbaxter]

There's a reason the add-on comes with this warning:

********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********

This is especially true for using mod_rewrite.

I suggest you go to http://network.zoints.com/

[newforum]

If i install this will there be any errors occuring. Please anyone tell me your experience on this. I have a vb of V3.6.5

[djbaxter]

If i install this will there be any errors occuring. Please anyone tell me your experience on this. I have a vb of V3.6.5

If you follow all the instructions correctly, it shouldn't be a problem - it's working fine for me for vBulletin version 3.65.

1. There is a known conflict with vBGooglemaps - there is a fix for that however.

2. I recommend that you do NOT enable "seo friendly URLs" aka mod_rewrite. You really don't need it with vBulletin, it really won't help, and the majority of issues people have with this add-on are because of the use of mod_rewrite.

[YopY]

Rewriting the URLs won't work for me, causes 500 internal server errors on my server. Dunno if mod_rewrite is enabled or not, but then the second option should still work, right?

Ah well.

[tuanvic]

Did anyone apply this Zoints SEO mod for Cyb - Advanced Forum Statistics ?

Thanks

[kameleon6212789]

The rewriting links in the sitemap doesn't work, how can I make them work ?

http://ituto.informatique-13.com/forums/sitemap/

error 404

Help me plz

and how do we do so the "?" are replaced to "e" ?

les-r-gles-f22.html -> /les-regles-f22.html

[jahshaka]

is anyone using this with the new 3.6.7 ? just want to make sure there are no reported issues before upgrading my board...

[Barakat]

i think on 3.6.7PL1 is working .... without any errors ...

[Mrdby]

so 3.6.7 is safe?

[djbaxter]

so 3.6.7 is safe?

Yes.

No animals were harmed in the production of 3.67 or 3.67PL1.

There are no documented serious injuries, health hazards, or deaths as a result of using 3.67 or 3.67PL1.

Reports of alien abductions of individuals who have installed 3.67 or 3.67PL1 appear to have been seriously exaggerated.

[jahshaka]

pimping :) i really wish you guys would support this mod as it really rocks!

[Brandon Sheley]

pimping :) i really wish you guys would support this mod as it really rocks!

once you get it setup, do you really need support ?

[djbaxter]

pimping :) i really wish you guys would support this mod as it really rocks!

What makes you think it isn't supported? See the Zoints Support Forum (http://network.zoints.com/).

once you get it setup, do you really need support ?

No, you don't, really. But considering that you've repeatedly used the argument that there IS no support for Zoints as part of your argument for pushing vBSEO, I'm a little surprised to see YOu posting that.

[Merrillizer]

I am running this on 3.6.7PL1 with no problems so far.

[Merrillizer]

Spoke too soon....when I click a link in the archive to visit a post, I get a 404. Example...

http://www.marshmarauders.org/forums/archive/t-430.html

Too tired to fool with it now lol.

[djbaxter]

Spoke too soon....when I click a link in the archive to visit a post, I get a 404. Example...

http://www.marshmarauders.org/forums/archive/t-430.html

Too tired to fool with it now lol.

!. Turn off mod-rewrite. vBulletin doesn't need it.

2. Admin CP | vBulletin Options | Search Engine Friendly Archive - Display Simple View of Threads = NO (By default, threads in the Archive are displayed in a simple manner. Set this to no to have the real threads linked from the archive.)

#2 will also help you with duplicate content issues.

[Merrillizer]

Ok, thanks for the reply. I went in and double-checked zSEO, and I never had url rewrites on, it's always been off.

I went and did #2, then turned zSEO back on, still the same thing. 404 error because the links to threads in the archive are being changed. When I turn zSEO off, they are back to normal again and working. Must be a setting in zSEO that is causing it, but I definitely have url re-writes OFF.

[Fireproof]

djbaxter, I have concluded NOT to use url-rewriting based on your posts and other research. But I'm not hear to debate that.

I was wondering, since I'm new to SEO and there is a disclaimer above that says
********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********

Would you mind listing out the recommended settings for key settings in Zoints SEO? Would really help out a newbie. If it's too much effort, I understand, but thought I'd ask anyway. ;)

[djbaxter]

Ok, thanks for the reply. I went in and double-checked zSEO, and I never had url rewrites on, it's always been off.

I went and did #2, then turned zSEO back on, still the same thing. 404 error because the links to threads in the archive are being changed. When I turn zSEO off, they are back to normal again and working. Must be a setting in zSEO that is causing it, but I definitely have url re-writes OFF.

See below.

djbaxter, I have concluded NOT to use url-rewriting based on your posts and other research. But I'm not hear to debate that.

I was wondering, since I'm new to SEO and there is a disclaimer above that says

Would you mind listing out the recommended settings for key settings in Zoints SEO? Would really help out a newbie. If it's too much effort, I understand, but thought I'd ask anyway. ;)

Here are my settings, although you may want some additional settings - other than mod_rewrite, I don't think you can do a lot of damage with the add-on:

301 Redirect = No

Rewrite URLs = Do not rewrite URLs

Rewrite /archive/ to /sitemap/ = No

Pagination method = Default

Keyword separator = n/a

Number of keywords in the URL = n/a

Block stopwords from being used in the URL? = n/a

Stopwords = n/a

Use custom meta keywords = Yes

Use custom meta descriptions = Yes

You can specify the custom meta descriptions here. = First X words in a thread

First X words in a thread = 60

Fix links to index.php = Yes

Add "All" link to your page navigation? = Yes

Use Dynamic Guest Messages = No

Show Dynamic Guest Message Above Navbar = No

Dynamic Guest Message Title = n/a

Dynamic Guest Message = n/a

Enable Dynamic 'No Permission' Messages = No

Default 'No Permission' Message Title = n/a

Default 'No Permission' Message Message = n/a

Use Archive as Sitemap = Yes

Use Zoints Archive Navigation? = No

Archive Navigation: Pages Per Page = 60

Enable Thread Decay System = No

Decay to a Style = No style decay

Thread Decay Time = n/a

Archive Version = 3.5.4 or newer

[Merrillizer]

Thanks dj! I copied your settings and turned zSEO on and it worked, I tracked the archive post links problem down to the "Use Archive as Sitemap" setting. When set to NO, the URL's to the archive posts are changed. Set back to YES, they are normal and work fine now with zSEO on.

Thanks again!

[djbaxter]

Thanks dj! I copied your settings and turned zSEO on and it worked, I tracked the archive post links problem down to the "Use Archive as Sitemap" setting. When set to NO, the URL's to the archive posts are changed. Set back to YES, they are normal and work fine now with zSEO on.

Thanks again!

Great! Happy to help. :)

[Fireproof]

Awesome, thank you!

One point of clarification - if using Zoints, and the "use archive as sitemap" - does that mean that the vbSEO Sitemap Generator would be redundant and not needed? I don't have it installed yet, but it was on my list of "possible addons".

thanks.

[djbaxter]

One point of clarification - if using Zoints, and the "use archive as sitemap" - does that mean that the vbSEO Sitemap Generator would be redundant and not needed? I don't have it installed yet, but it was on my list of "possible addons".

No. These are different things. The "sitemap" referred to in Zoints SEO is a standard sitemap, basically just a paginated listing of all the pages on a website. This is meant both for humans and spiders.

The sitemap generator add-ons (there are several) create an XML file that conforms to the specificatiuons for Google sitemaps, which has since been adopted also by Yahoo and MSN Search. This is intended so9lely to provide specifically formatted information to search engines.

You can use both and probably should, especially with a relatively new forum.

[cash7c3]

nice product

[Fireproof]

Thanks again for your help, djbaxter!

[djbaxter]

You're welcome, Fireproof. Happy to help. :)

[jawatkin]

Has anyone successfully implemented this running lighttpd? I'm trying to swap over to lighttpd, and I've got the mod_rewrite running and put the rewrite rules in and nearly everything works, except when you click the "Arrow" on a forumdisplay that takes you directly to a certain post in the format :

http://www.url.com/forum/showthread.php?p=12345#post12345


This URL is rewritten as :


http://www.url.com/forum/thread-title-t123.html?p=12345#post12345


Apache can handle that, lighttpd gives a 404. Here's the rewrite rules I have in place for lighttpd. Anyone help?

url.rewrite = ( "^/forum/([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$" => "/forum/forumdisplay.php/$1", "^/forum/([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$" => "/forum/showthread.php/$1" )

[mangoser]

ı ınstall plugın but archıve does not work
why?

[ahmad6]

i have install but not work

i want in template file replace for line but not find in template please help me

[djbaxter]

What isn't working?

You have to set the options you want from you Admin Control Panel.

[ahmad6]

this is not work for 3.6.7

i can not find template line for edit please help me

[ehsanix]

works fine on any version of vbulletin till 3.6.4 (for me because i havn't upgarde to 3.6.7 yest)
just need some editing of htaccess

[jawatkin]

works fine on any version of vbulletin till 3.6.4 (for me because i havn't upgarde to 3.6.7 yest)
just need some editing of htaccess

He's right, I'm on 3.6.5, actually and it's working fine on Apache. I just really would love some insight on making this work with lighttpd. The rewrite rules just "almost" get there for lighttpd, and I've got mod_magnet installed, just don't know anything about using LUA for rewrites. Anyone got anything for me? I'm thinking about lighttpd serving all static content and forwarding any PHP/HTML requests to an apache back end, but I'm getting lag on certain web apps that I use (and others are fine). They work fine with just lighttpd, but I can't get the rewrites to work! :(

[superjeff]

Hi,

I have a bad english, but look the attachements: I's a bug?

[ahmad6]

i have problem with site map

not show thread title and post only show title category

[Capt. GannA]

works fine on any version of vbulletin till 3.6.4 (for me because i havn't upgarde to 3.6.7 yest)
just need some editing of htaccess


I'm using it with 3.6.7 PL1 without any issues whatsoever at all.

[superjeff]

How can i remove the session id (=b23632a198eeb23bdb0367f5ca53e9a4&) ?

Pleas help.. It's very important (all my urls in google cache have this bug).

[da420]

It's not a bug, it's the vbulletin session ID.

[Calibre_k]

Installed it on 3.6.7 it wont work i get this.. installed added htaccess, what should it be CHMOD to?

Not Found
The requested URL /chat/intros.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.file

[djbaxter]

Installed it on 3.6.7 it wont work i get this.. installed added htaccess, what should it be CHMOD to?

Not Found
The requested URL /chat/intros.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.file

Turn off mod_rewrite.

vBulletin doesn't need it. And it won't help a vBulletin forum.

[Calibre_k]

BUT I WANTED IT TO WRITE THE URLS TO website_link.html

doesnt that work?

[djbaxter]

BUT I WANTED IT TO WRITE THE URLS TO website_link.html

Why? Did you buy the myth that static URLs are better in some way?

Google Facts & Fiction (http://www.google.com/webmasters/facts.html)

Fiction: Sites are not included in Google's index if they use ASP (or some other non-html file-type.)
Fact: We're able to index most types of pages and files with very few exceptions. A sampling of the file extensions we're able to index includes: pdf, asp, jsp, html, shtml, xml, doc, xls, ppt, rtf, wks, lwp, wri, swf, cfm, and php.


Google and Dynamic Pages (http://www.google.com/intl/en/webmasters/guidelines.html)

If you decide to use dynamic pages (i.e., the URL contains a "?" character), be aware that not every search engine spider crawls dynamic pages as well as static pages. It helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few.

Allow search bots to crawl your sites without session IDs or arguments that track their path through the site. These techniques are useful for tracking individual user behavior, but the access pattern of bots is entirely different. Using these techniques may result in incomplete indexing of your site, as bots may not be able to eliminate URLs that look different but actually point to the same page.

Update to Google and dynamic pages (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-to-our-webmaster-guidelines.html)

As the web continues to change and evolve, our algorithms change right along with it. Recently, as a result of one of those algorithmic changes, we've modified our webmaster guidelines. Previously, these stated:

Don't use "&id=" as a parameter in your URLs, as we don't include these pages in our index.

However, we've recently removed that technical guideline, and now index URLs that contain that parameter. So if your site uses a dynamic structure that generates it, don't worry about rewriting it -- we'll accept it just fine as is. Keep in mind, however, that dynamic URLs with a large number of parameters may be problematic for search engine crawlers in general, so rewriting dynamic URLs into user-friendly versions is always a good practice when that option is available to you. If you can, keeping the number of URL parameters to one or two may make it more likely that search engines will crawl your dynamic urls.


Does Google index dynamic pages? (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34431&ctx=sibling)
Yes, Google indexes dynamically generated webpages, including .asp pages, .php pages, and pages with question marks in their URLs. However, these pages can cause problems for our crawler and may be ignored. If you're concerned that your dynamically generated pages are being ignored, you may want to consider creating static copies of these pages for our crawler. If you do this, please be sure to include a robots.txt file that disallows the dynamic pages in order to ensure that these pages aren't seen as having duplicate content.

vBulletin by default removes session IDs for search engine spiders.

[Calibre_k]

Looks better