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I agree with that Jedi. The person who is responsible is the guy at the top. The least they could have done was to leave some support options or maybe even send an email explaining. I feel worst though for the people that just bought this product.
r5e - What urls are you using now? If not using mod rewrite than you need no htaccess at all. If you are using Vbulletin seo mod rewrite than you will need to use the htaccess for it. When you uninstalled Vbseo be removing the plug in, when you got to the part where it asked you if you wanted to delete all the data did you say yes? Post what is showing up from Vbseo rememanants as you say. Thanks |
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Any ideas to properly remove this would be greatly appreciated. |
Are you getting any errors or anything like that? If not I would not worry about it but otherwise I am sure there are still vbseo tables left in your database.
Also, are you sure you removed all of the files? |
Would someone be kind enough to post the exact directions on how to uninstall VBSEO?
Since their site no longer exists I cannot get their directions. I have no problems with it installed but obviously they'll be no more updates. I don't think it's hurting anything by leaving it installed. Yes or No? |
Use the Way Back machine and just find the url. If you give me a few minutes I will do it.. Instructions though are basic..Uninstall plug in, remove all files, remove htaccess..
--------------- Added 29 Oct 2013 at 15:17 --------------- Here ya go https://web.archive.org/web/20130122...all-vbseo-238/ |
Dont guess at what needs doing, if you want to uninstall it properly follow the instructions in this thread:
http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=238951 |
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In addition, those rewrite rules only cover 3 combinations and not all which is what screwed me. I had the same urls set up as Vbseo I believe with the forum numbers instead of forum titles and there is no rule up there for that and nobody seems to know of one. I could not be more upset with Vbseo and the damage it has done to one of my sites. |
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I am providing you a SERVICE, as I did all the work to find out how to fix vBSEO and make it work. Which means I have created files and found a way to make it work. It means my time was spent on it, and the least anyone could do is also compensate me for that work. Just like other coders here, they could sell their work. And, yes some of them do. my vBSEO works fine now and several people have contacted me for the fixes to make it work. Those people are super happy, because their vBSEO is also running perfectly now. No problems so far and this is the BEST short term solution. Quote:
I've seen family fights ruin MANY businesses.... Probably one reason I would NEVER run a business with a family member. |
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RewriteRule ^unix-desktop-dummies-questions-answers/$ /forumdisplay.php?f=33 So it appears you have to do each forum individually so if you have 30 forums you'll have to do this 30 times!, shame there's not a one line fixes all but then the hard work will be worth it and eventually you'll probably build new back links with the correct urls. |
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I have removed all VBSEO files, but my suspect version checker is complaining about them missing - not complaining that they are present. I have checked the removal instructions, but this does me no good as I cannot go back and do them as I have no vbseo files or scripts to run, no plugins left to remove and no ability to download them, install them and try re-removal. Is it possible that if there were VBSEO entries still in my database, that they could cause the suspect file versions to mis-report VBSEO files missing and also that it could cause plugins to malfunction, even if there were no VBSEO plugins mentioned in my list? I have cleaned, deleted, reuploaded my site as much as I can, but the DB is about all that is left. How do I solve this? |
And you're also dead sure that there isn't anything in your .htaccess files relating to vbseo?
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Dead sure. There is a .htaccess file in my forum's root. It is identical to the one that came with the VB 4.2.2 download (in the \do_not_upload\rewrite\apache2 folder).
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You will find vbseo in your database in:
(and they may not exist in all these places depending on your installation..etc) adminutil cron cronlog datastore (dont mess with this, after removing all other traces just edit a forum slightly and save to force a rebuild of the datastore) language phrase plugin product productcode setting settinggroup style template Make sure that all the files that have been listed for vbseo have been removed too. HTH! |
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What errors are you getting besides seeeing them in your diagnostics? |
Thanks Simon.
Checking from phpMYAdmin, a search for "vbseo" turns up turns up 4055 entries in cronlog, these are mostly records of it creating "vbseo_sitemap_task". In the datastore, there are 2 - forumcache contains what looks like linkbacks on the homepage; vbseo_options contains what looks like my license and a whole bunch of config. There are other smatterings in some posts and PMs, but these are just where someone's typed that text, so nothing sinister. There is a table called "searchcore_text" that seems to mention the same posts where this text appears. I have 4 tables - vbseo_blacklist, vbseo_likes, vbseo_linkback and vbseo_serviceupdate. Only the linkback table contains data, which just looks like a few old linkbacks. Without knowing too much about what I am doing, I suspect I can delete these last 4 tables altogether. Then I only need to worry about the vbseo_options and forumcache in the datastore. As I've been warned about messing with datastore, I'm not about to wade into delete these from phpMyAdmin. What would you recommend is the best way to clean this up? --------------- Added [DATE]1383113778[/DATE] at [TIME]1383113778[/TIME] --------------- Quote:
I can also confirm that I've reverted all templates, but there was nothing changed there anyway. |
Any table that starts "vbseo.." you can delete safely, dont worry about the text in pms or posts, dont' mess with datastore but that can be refreshed by editing a forum, anywhere else where you have an entry for vbseo like "product" table you can remove that entire row (i recommend making a back up of any tables you intend to edit first just to be safe rather than sorry).
Did you search for "vbseo" or did you search for %vbseo%, so i'm asking did you use quotes to search for a specific term or did you use the wildcard % ? |
Thanks. I'll roll up my sleeves, backup and then get deleting. I will stay away from the datastore, but I will try to make forum edits and then see if this clears it.
When I searched, I didn't use any wildcard, I just entered vbseo in the search box. --------------- Added [DATE]1383131583[/DATE] at [TIME]1383131583[/TIME] --------------- Have deleted most of what I think is offensive (left posts, PMs and cronlog entries). I left the datastore alone. I went to the forum manager in admincp and edited each of the 4 parent forums that are used (there are quite a few child forums). At first I tried simply clicking "edit" and then save. That seemed to make no difference, so I tried changing a property, saving, then putting it back and saving again. I also went to maintenance/rebuild forum information and ran this. However, I look at the tables in the datastore and it still contains the same 2 vbseo tables as before. When I run the suspect version checker, it still complains about vbseo files not found, as well as index and forum.php being wrong. Is there something more drastic I should do with the datastore? Just editing and saving does not seem to remove these tables. |
Are you sure that vbseo isn't showing in the PRODUCT and/or PRODUCTCODE tables?
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Yes, positive it is not in either of these tables (as attached images show). When I searched on vbseo through my database, only the tables mentioned previously showed any matches. The product tables are clean and match what is shown from the admincp.
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First of all, the "three simple rewrite rule examples" in the vBSEO post (discussed earlier) do not rewrite (undo) all the VBSEO URLs in various search engine indexes.
Whoever above said "you only need these simple rules and nothing else" .. that poster is wrong. For example, if you were using vBSEO to rewrite your forums titles, and your forum was (before vBSEO): Code:
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/this-is-my-forum-above/ Each forum will need a rewrite rule similar to this: Code:
RewriteRule ^this-is-my-forum-above/$ /showforum?f=111 [R=301,L] Please, do not be "fooled" by those who think a few simple mod_rewrite rules will work for all vBSEO configurations in all forums! .. if you were running vBSEO and just used a few simple rules, simply go look at your access log file for all the 404 errors (simple example below), and you will quickly understand what I am talking about. Code:
tail -f access.log | grep " 404 " If you were using a vBSEO schema with the forum number in the URL, then you can do it with one rule, for example: Code:
/this-is-my-forum-above-f111/ Code:
RewriteRule ^this-is-my-forum-above-f([0-9]+)/$ /showforum?f=$1 [R=301,L] vBSEO had many different configurations, and many people did not use the forum id in the vBSEO URL. If there is a lesson to be learned here (and there are many), is to make sure you use the forum ID (or thread ID, etc) in our "friendly URLs" because if you don't have unique ids in your "friendly URLs' then you will have trouble to undo them if something like this happens again (you need to revert back). Cheers. |
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Now my issue is the characters that appear after the url's such as my forum-- forum.php#axzz2jy7qTEM3 I am using Vb mod rewrite--standard canonical - using ignore for unicode now but have tried various settings.. Here is my htaccess.. Is there any way to fix this or does it even matter? I have been using Vbseo for years up until recently. I do remember dealing with this issue years ago but cannot remember details. PHP Code:
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Hello to all now I would like to do, because I had problems with the forum and I have to delete it all however I pay for a license that I don't have the vbseo software right now, please can you help me to know where can I download the software vbseo? or tell me how can I get my money back?
Thank you very much to all. |
There is no place to download it since the site closed up. How long ago did you purchase it?
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Hello, I did buy it 11/21/2012
What should to do? I want my money back because they must have the software active to download up to they sad to us , I mean now I payed something that I won't have any more I can't bealive because I thought that the software will be available as the page did show us, however don't know why but now my page was hacked and when I upload all again, just a few days a go... I don't have the VBSEO. Now what to do? please did some one ask for money back? In my country we use Argentine PESO so... Ten Pesos is one dollar... so I saved a lot of money for buy that license. What to do please help me. |
Unfortunately this isnt the place to air your views, you'll need to find out how to contact the owners of VBSEO like Crawlability President, Juan Muriente or ask advice from their estranged partner http://admin-talk.com/members/ilia-vbseo.8156/ but in all honesty i don't think you're going to have much luck! :(
Edit: you could try: Joseph Ward CRAWLABILITY INC. 1-866-558-3653 Email him here http://www.prweb.com/EmailContact.aspx?prid=325570 |
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I am not sure PayPal would be too helpful with this type of a purchase anyways.
I really think Vbseo could have handled this closing in a much more professional and honest manner. I am disappointed to say the least. |
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