Search Engine Friendly Archive urls difference

[steveneff]

here at vbulletin.org your archive urls are archive/index.php/f-51.html
my archive urls are archive/index.php?f-51.html

Is there a reason for this or is something wrong with mine?

[Lynne]

What version of vb are you running? I'm running 3.6.8 and mine are like you see them here.

[steveneff]

I'm running 3.6.9 I'm pretty sure it was like it is here when I had 3.6.8

[Lynne]

I have a test site running 3.7 beta 2 and it is also like the links are here. I would guess that you modified your code somewhere. You may want to try turning off your plugins and see if the links go 'back to normal'.

(They are running 3.6.9 here.)

[steveneff]

Yep, that was it, my DaniWeb plugin is the culprit although it doesn’t do any rewrite for the archive, I’ll have to investigate.

I do wonder if I should turn it off now I using url rewrite, what do you think?

[Lynne]

I'm not familiar with the DaniWeb plugin so I really don't have an answer for you.

[steveneff]

I'm beginning to wish I never installed it.

[Lynne]

Well, you could always try running your site without it for a few days and see if you can do without it.

[steveneff]

I’m very tempted but I’m worried that google etc will get a bit mad at me for chucking loads inaccessible urls at them.

[steveneff]

I must have made a mistake, It isn't the rewrite plugin causing this problem.

I turned all my products and the hook system off. I also reverted back to the default templates but the archive still has the wrong urls.

[Lynne]

Well, it looks like it is hard-coded into the archive/index.php file. So, maybe you should download a new copy from vb.com and replace that file.

[steveneff]

I re-uploaded both global.php and index.php from my 3.6.9 download but no change so I did a Diagnostics - Suspect File Versions and it said "File does not contain expected contents" for both files which is a bit odd.
I may install 3.6.10 in few hours, see if that sorts it out.

[Lynne]

Did you reupload them from a fresh downloaded copy or just from what you had on your computer? (Maybe the one on your computer was edited at some point?)

[steveneff]

I used the original at first but then downloaded a new copy, still the same.

I have been a little suspicious of my upgrade from 3.6.8 pl2 to 3.6.9

[Lynne]

It sounds to me like something (some sort of SEO mod?) is changing the url then. How about your htaccess file? Could it be set to change the url?

[steveneff]

I cleared it out but no change

--------------- Added 1209266817 at 1209266817 ---------------

Well i've updated to 3.6.10 and still no change. Maybe time for a support ticket.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This has nothing to do with vBulletin version or an installed modification.

It depends on the server configuration which type of URL is used. It doesn't make a difference which method is used as they have exactly the same result.

[Lynne]

Good to know Marco. Thanks for the info!