Redirect Archive Link Automatically to the Actual Thread

[Byron]

I have seen some websites using this method.

When I found their archive link in search engines and clicked it, the page shown is the actual thread.

How do we feed the archive to search engines spiders properly but show the actual threads to real visitors?

[Byron]

bump

[sabret00the]

it's a template mod

in your footer find:
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/archive/index.php">$vbphrase[archive]</a>
and replace with
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/archive/index.php<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == showthread">?t-$threadid</if>">$vbphrase[archive]</a>

[Byron]

I found some archive links in Google.

When I click on one of their archive links, the page shown is the actual thread instead of the archived thread.

Will this mod do this?

[sabret00the]

that's just a mod_rewrite, theirs a hack for it around here somewhere, though rumour is theirs another one destined to appear soon which is just a template mod.

[Byron]

Anyone knows what is the mod_rewrite for this?

[sabret00the]

do a search for the hack :ermm:

to the best of my knowledge after a research, the version fo the hack i knew was only posted here http://www.daniweb.com/

heh i'm nice http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread12725.html :)

[Ig@r]

sabret00the, looks like it is complitely different hack. You has been asked for redirect users from arhive to the actual thread.

[Xenatino]

You need to check the User agent string to see if it consists of any words relating to a search bot.

Those with one or more of the specified words is kept on the archive (SE friendly page), all others a redirected.