Zoints SEO 2.3.2
 

Zoints SEO 2.3.2!

First i would like to say sorry that its taken so long to get a new version out work has been hectick :D

now to the update!
mainly this update is only a faster version i have cleaned the coding a bit and made a few changes here and there for better performance.

i know there is still a few bugs in the system and i will now start on a complete rewrite of a seo system as zoints is reaching its limits with the fixes you can add in so this will be my last zoints update, the next release will be a new and more complete system!

it is recommended to update just for easier life and i would recomend using mod-rewrite as its the most stable area of the zoints SEO

I hope you look forward to my next Full Release and not just an update!

this version contains Most of the updates and bug fixes from this thread also others from the zoints forum as well! it contains 1 core file from the tags file please note you MUST read the read me file before you upload anything!

this is a pretty straight forward install it will edit all the templates automatically even on a custom template (tested my self) and even if not you have the files needed to make the changes!

"THIS IS ONLY TO BE USED WITH VBULLETIN 3.8.x"

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

Zoints is a company that believes that forums are the killer application of the internet. We want to empower forum owners to take their community to the next level. Therefore, Zoints has been developing an extremely powerful vBulletin forum SEO and revenue enhancing solution for more than two years now. However, because we are focusing on our Forum Network and Thread Tagging System, we have decided to release this SEO solution to the vBulletin community under the lgpl license. Zoints SEO is now open source and NOT supported by us. We hope that the vBulletin dev community comes together to take this already powerful solution and make it even better. Empower yourselves

Zoints SEO can be discussed here or http://network.zoints.com (again, we will not be providing official support).


Known bugs
1. If a user disables cookies, infinite redirect loop.
2. index2, index3 pagination breaks some things. Standard p2, p3 works fine. (should be fixed now)

Zoints Explained = Click Here

if you like it click install
and if you really love it click nominate lol

Install info
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo1.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo2.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo3.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo4.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo5.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo6.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo7.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo8.png
http://img3.zoints.com/seo/seo9.png

Wow. I recently loaded the previous version on my 3.8.0... Does this have enough improvement to make it worth upgrading?

well if you have some code errors and things like the tags page does not work properly then yes because i did a load of bug fixes also some core coding as well so i would say its best to stay updated but its purely upto you

nice, thanks for the upgrade and bug fixes

no problem if you get a problem let me know!

Many thanks for this Mod. Just checking if you can please help me. I have installed the Mod and set it to "Enable" but an getting "The page cannot be found" error. Since I do not have .htaccess file before this, my .htacess now looks like this:

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
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Add the following lines at the end of the file
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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]
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My Rewrite URLs is set to "Rewrite URLs and insert keywords, using mod_rewrite
This requires mod_rewrite support on the web server."

I am running VB 3.8.0

Any kind help will much appreciated.

:erm: ??

Good mod, though. ;)

hey you need the mod_rewrite enabled and set up correctly if it is not possible you can use Rewrite URLs and insert keywords with out the mod rewrite (the middle one ) and this will have the same effect just its all done dynamically not statically! if you get what i mean

lol the install to be easy but you do still need to understand SEO to be able to use this mod correctly!

Many thanks for your kind and quick response. I have changed the Rewrite URLS to the second (Rewrite URLs and insert keywords) option as suggested but when I click on a thread, i. ie. it tries to load the page almost forever but in Firefox it comes up with an error - Redirect Loop

"Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page."

Perhaps you may want to see this at http://www.alpharadiotv.com/forum/. Its basically a new forum.

Thanks.

do you have redirects on if so turn it off and see what happens !

Please remember to read this thread https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....52&postcount=2 and make sure that its installed properly it looks to me that you have not set it up completly :D

Thanks. When redirects is off, the page displays but the thread/Forum will not display. It will show this error - Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator.

Thanks.

can it be some somehow combinated with VBSEO?

Not sure if you're already past this but when you said your htaccess now looks like this:


Is that the exact code you put in your .htaccess file?


If so, you need to change it so it just says these lines:

That would be rather redundant since both these do virtually the same thing

Please anybody tell me if this mod have much impact on server load or not. As far as I know, vbSEO have much impact on server load... therefore i am afraid of that in this mod.
I am hosted on a shared server. My forums will have 5K-30K members, 200-750 users (members + guests) online at the same time. I know it's heavy itself and that's why i must care much about server load.
Thank you in advance!

This is excellent news. Thank you!

I see instructions for installing. What about specific instructions for upgrading from the previous version, 2.22?

One quick thing...

In your Search Results Postbit edits on the second edit...

You have:

Find:
Which doesn't exist...

This is what exists:

(was missing teh $post[prefix_rich])


Also in the replace: The same $post[prefix_rich] needs to be added to make it work correctly.

Also on Showthread:

View First Unread option doesn't work correctly... Because the link is broken it winds up sending the user to the Forum Home if they use it.

In order to fix this I made this edit to the Showthread Template:
Find:
Replace With Text:
As with the last thread with the same mod... If anybody else has a better solution, I'm all ears!

I reinstalled the old mod and used TMS to reinstall my template edits so that I didn't have to go through all the fixes one by one too. I had to do some of the template edits because the auto edit didn't work on a few of them...

This is a great mod, don't be afraid of it, a few quick fixes and it runs well.

With that number of online users , you need a powerfull dedicated server. The problem you faced is not related to vBSEO , in fact it is related to server resources.

And yes zoint seo will have the same effect as your server is not capable to run that many online users.

interesting

oops sorry all i forgot to change that please read the templates files and make the correct change now! uploaded newfile with the correct file edit

ill have it doing it all automatically on next mod

please let me know of bugs!

Installed it :D

Running smooth!

Great letmeknow if you find any problems

Cool! Gonna give it a try. :)

will do!

I've contacted my Vb owning friends to let them know of this mod :D

What's maximum (according to your experience) statistic for a shared hosting account?

By the way, please somebody let me know what Zoint SEO has but vbSEO does not have and what vbSEO has but Zoint SEO does not have?

Zoints SEO is your basic SEO system you can't compare vbseo and zoints seo because they are very differant vbseo is a private supported profesional product which is sold and a price and contains many many many features, zoints on the other hand is much smaller and more basic it provides you with everything you need to help the search engines view your site correctly and easier it holds less load on the servers you run your site on and is only a community product which means that support is limited BUT then at the same time this mod is FREE

so here goes to the great war again that has become normal life

Zoints SEO vs VBSEO

Zoints SEO:
Some features but not many(basic SEO)
less server load
community run
support limited
FREE
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VBSEO:
Hundreds of features(pro SEO)
some server load
Amazing support
Costs money

no matter how you put it both are equal it depends how you want to do it if you have a fast and strong server and your not one forwaiting a few days for a solution and you have money then go with VBSEO if on the other hand you are broke and have a server which is not amazing and can wait a few days for a possible solution you should get Zoints SEO!

thats how i look at it anyways but im sure others have they opinion as well lol

Hi there,a few questions pls...

1)Does Zoints SEO supports xcache too?
2)Does existing VBSEO users making the change to Zoints SEO affect any url rewrites?
3)Any noticeable queries differences?

Thanks...:)

1) there is no xcache available with zoints at the moment from what i know of!

2) well both systems are very differant even though they are both SEO's they are not the same system there for the urls may be differant i'm not formillier enough with VBSEO to say forsure but i dout the linkswill be the same!

3) they only real way i can get you to see which is better would be to download this mod and install it on a localhost and test it out always test a mod before you go live to make sureyou know how to use it properly!

zoints specialises with meta tags keywords descriptions link rewrites and sitemaps

Hi!Thanks for the super-fast reply!yes,i'll be testing it on a localhost 1st.thank you for this great addition and your hard work.:)

*clicks INSTALL*

If it has less server load than vbSEO, I will try it. Thank you very much!

Usually if you have 50 concurrant users+ guest total , it is time for you to move to a vPS.

If you have over 150~ concurrant users + guests , it is time for you to move to a dedicated.

These numbers are for 15 minute cookie timeout.

i run many sites off my own server at home and i find it cheaper than any hostings and easier anyways!

you should all have your own server if your hoping fora good site :D

what about other lang like arabic

Zoints SEO has three primary options for URL rewriting:

1. No URL rewriting
2. URL rewriting without mod_rewrite. Why use this? If you want to insert keywords in the url but don't have mod_rewrite available or don't want to expend the resources (using mod_rewrite is server intensive and slows page generation) then this is a viable solution.
3. The mod_rewrite everyone knows and prefers.

vbSEO has a big price tag.... :D

I would recommend option 1. The available evidence indicates that keywords in a domain name help but that keywords in the page URL have little or no impact on SE ranking. By enabling any form of URL rewrite, you are adding to server load with little or no return.

And the reality is that vBulletin is SE friendly out of the box. Pick any area and do a search for forums in that area. To narrow it down, tack vBulletin on to the end of the search query. Then look at the URL structure for the forums in the search results. How many of the top forums are using URL rewrite?

That said, there are several other reasons why I think Zoints SEO is helpful and it's for those features that I have it installed.