Are they linked to your main forum pages somehow? That will let them be found by google when they index your site.

Thanks for the reply BOP. Not sure what you mean regarding being linked to my forum pages.

They're all created as http://mydomain.com/page1.php......page2.php....etc

How would someone visit these pages, are they links in your header, footer, or navbar for example? If I browse to yourdomain.com how many clicks does it take for me to get to one of these pages. If there are too many clicks needed, or they aren't even visible, they won't be indexed by google.

Thank you for reply, yes these are all links, and its the only way to get to the pages. Unless of course you already know the exact URL which can be typed directly into the address bar.

So basically, meta data is pointless anyway, huh?

I wouldn't say it's useless but Google is pretty good at determining what is real content and what is not. You just want to make sure the pages can be accessed by Google.

You want to use traditional HTML links, not fancy JavaScript or Flash for making links that google spiders will ignore.

Thank you for reply. All great help here.

Yes, they are indeed always html, (I don't know anything more than HTML) coding-wise. Would it help if I add the pages to robots.txt?

I've only used robots.txt to block spiders. Not sure if it works the other way around. One thing you might want to check out is producing a "site map" that will tell the search engines which URLs to crawl. (Or at least tell them they exist, it doesn't guarantee anything.)

Just having a link to the page on any of your pages will get it indexed if there is content and its not duplicated. Search engines follow a "click tree" so:
Homepage>link to forum x page>
>links to threads
>Links elsewhere on page
>links to other forums, pages (like your custom one) and external links

So link to your pages anywhere in your site and they will eventually be crawled :), or you can submit the url directly to google to crawl.

Hi all,
to remove from the navbar?

nice... I was wondering how to list latest threads from forums to the page you just created?

cheers

i find this is another good alternative as well
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...-to-your-forum

Does this work on 4.1.5?

Thanks

The vB 4 article does :D

I'm sorry, I am a noob. Where do you put the test.php file?

In your forum root. The directory where your vBulletin is installed.

dammit, i cant get it to show its all just a white page??

Make a test.php then put the code in test.php

then make a template called test then put the code in.
then go to www.yoursite.com/test.php

yea i worked it out literally 5 mins after i posted that i feel like a right idiot now

how can i get this to work on the theme im using without it going on the forum home plus i get white page

did you make the custom template in the theme you wanna use??

does anyone know how i would make forums on this page like from the forumhome

i have litl problem with this, i make file and make template
and its all working the page its showing

byt later when i want to edit the template, i Search Templates, with words i know is on the template, it didnt find me anything, even i list all templates, i dont see the one i create, how to fix this issue

The template should be at the top of all your templates, thats where the custom ones are :)

i dont see it, does vbulletin automatic give some prefix, in my case i name it "impresum" list all didnt find it :(

Perhaps you are looking in the wrong style for the template.

no, i conrect template i add and search, i try to add the code again with same name as the template (impresum)
nothing chance, the page its still the same :( dont know what else to do:erm:

bump, someone to help me, i make working but can find the template to modified, try everything

does need to have some prefix or

Are you doing a Search in Templates for the template name? Have you looked in the database to see if it is there?

No, vBulletin does not give it a prefix. It doesn't need one. It would have the name you gave it, and it would be at the top of the template list. Which style did you create it in? Have you tried recreating it in that style?

yes i try and make others, again same results, dont see them on the template
i create new style (default) and put template on it, and again i dont see the template

does some option to hide those templates

p.s. i use vBulletin 3.8.7 Patch Level 2

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edit

ive installed vbulletin on localhost and create template
and i see the new created template under category Custom templates
here i dont have that category, how can i create it

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p.p.s can couse this problem since ive change admincp location

It should happen automatically each time you create a custom template. As far as I know, nothing should be hiding those templates. There might be some issue with your hosting provider.

what issue, those weeks out host provider its more down and with some issue, to know what to ask them

You would tell them what your problem is, and ask them to check to see if there's any issues with your service.

they say no issue they got, and asked me more detail to see if some update need
here is the server specification

Apache version 2.2.17
PHP version 5.2.17
MySQL version 5.1.56
Architecture x86_64
Operating system linux
Kernel version 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5
cPanel Pro 1.0 (RC1)

someone to help me, or to tell me how can i have vbulletin powered page
some alternative method

I think you just need to re-read the instructions, they work. You don't need to look for "Custom Templates" just "Add New Template" and it will be custom.

yes its working that, but the PROBLEM its when i want to edit the template, :erm:

What is the problem with editing the template?

as i mention before, i create template put some words on it and save it, its show with the php file as on the 1st post
but later when i want to edit it i dont see it (and all custom templates) and even when i search with some words i know there are on the template :(

Are you sure you aren't accidentally clicking revert on it at some time?

You should check your error_logs and see if anything is in there about the issue. And, check your control panel logs and see when it is getting deleted. And, check your database to verify it really isn't there.