vB Ranking Version 1.1
 

I. Information:

• vBulletin Version: 3.5.x
• vBRanking Version: 1.1.1

II. Description:
vB Ranking is a very efficient modification for your vBulletin Forum. It converts nearly every dynamic link into a static link to ensure that Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.) can spider your forum.

III. Technical:
This modification requires 1 XML import. You must have mod_rewrite apache module installed and enabled on your server.

IV. License Agreement:
- You may use this modification at your own risk. You must assume the entire risk of installing and using this modification. Without any Warranty.
- You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts without my permission..

V. Copyright note:
There is no visible copyright notice in this modification but we shall be pleased if you would include a link to our website. Exemple:

VI. Donation:
vB Ranking is free, but a donation of any amount is very appreciated. Donations will help towards further development of this modification.

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any demo?

Is it the same system as this one ?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91324

ya know? i ask really dumb questions /; ima shut up now /;

i assume it is since it uses mod_rewrite...

I'm interested in seeing which one is faster.

Would be cool if these were converted to a simple function that can be called from anywhere so we could use this with external vB pages.

I would like to use this with vBExternal and some other script i wrote to work with vB data in non-vB pages.

EDIT: After I installed this..None of my search links or any ohter link with options in it (eg search.php?do=getnew) worked.

I believe the ReWrite may be a little screwey. I'll look at it some more when I have time. :ermm:

I know the other mod doesn't work on RC2.. maybe this one will.

The other mod worked fine for me on RC2.

No, no. It is not like the other one! vB Ranking rewrites nearly every URL in the vBulletin (I think about 95% of all urls). DC SEO only converts the forumdisplay- and showthread-URLs.

@ jugo: Which Version of vBulletin? I will check this!

A demo will release in the next hours.

tried it.. doesn't work for me.

freeBSD 4.10 / PHP 5.0.4 / apache 2

@ corollasbest:
- Which version of vBulletin?
- mod_rewrite installed and enabled ?
- any error message?

3.5RC2 w/VB Advanced CMPS 2.0
mod_rewrite IS installed and enabled
404 error, nothing else. :rolleyes:

@ corollasbest: In which path have you installed your forum? Can you send me a pm with the url to your forum?

@ all: A demo forum is online:

Demo: http://demo.vbranking.com
Username: test
password: test

Maybe you see a url with a session in it the first time you visit the forum. This is okay! vBRanking also workes if visitors don't accept cookies because it can also process sessions in the urls. Off course search engine spiders won't get a session! (I hope I said this correctly and understandably)

Note: This demo forum will only be only a few days. After this time I must uninstall it because I need my vB license for an other project.

vB 3.5 RC2. Had the DC SEO Installed so I know mod_rewrite works. I uninstalled theirs and replaced my htaccess with yours and installed the product....

I will reinstall it soi you cann see...If you like add me to your MSN and or AIM and we can test it.

juanph@msn.com
AIM: pbrainFREAKS

what would I look for specifically in my phpinfo() to tell me mod_rewrite is installed correctly?

would it possible to make the threadname be the XXX-1.html name (where the x's are) that way its really optimized for search engines.

You should look for "mod_rewrite". But also if it is not mentioned in phpinfo() it could work. Make a simple test:

1. Upload a .htaccess with the following content in your main domain directory (eg. www.vbranking.com):

2. Upload a test.php with the following content:

3. If http://www.yourdomain.com/test.html shows "mod_rewrite works" it should work :nervous:

Installed and seems to be working fine. Only statistics will tell if this works...

Is there any way you could generate an image, like Google's Page Rank button, for this?

u know u can run a normal fourm and a test forum with ur vblicense
so i think that forum counts as a test forum as it is not going to be posted on

This causes alot of 404s, don't know why. Also, the .htaccess file contents are incompatible with the mod_rewrites used by amykhar's Userpage hack.

I think I figured my problem out.. I need to get the 'allow_override' perameter changed by my server admin. then I'll be able to try this out again.

Where are you getting 404 errors from; by accessing what?

can you release a vb3 version (non 3.5)

I would love to see that, too. DC Seo vB URL Rewrite has this feature.

is there a way to make this hack work with vbadvanced cmps?

I've also noticed this breaks ErrorDocument lines in the htaccess file. for some reason php files are taken to my custom 404 page, but html is ignored

hello , yeah I also want to know this.

you find it for vb3.0.x here http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/for...7&postcount=30

I have the CMPS installed, and the 404s appear almost randomly when I click on forums/threads.

I can't read german - will this hack work on a 3.07 board? thx

yes, it should work with 3.07.

At the moment I'm working on a Version 2 of vBRanking. But I don't think that it will be available in the next 2 month.

Thx - but how do I use if 3.07 doesn't have a product uploader in it, unless I'm missing something...

In the attachment of this post http://www.vbulletin-germany.com/for...t.php?p=116657 you can find the Download for vBulletin 3.0.x.

Thx alot but even after I registered, it wouldn't let me dl it -could you help - are the instructions in english on that hack?

I got it - nevermind -0thx alot

Will this work on IIS 6?

Ive installed this on my forums, no errors so far :)

uninstalled as it was causing errors.

Dam i wish there was a 100% working SEO hack for vb3.5 :)

is there any way to change the urls? i want to have urls like forums.site.com/thread/123 or forums.site.com/member/123 without any .html's at the end. is that possible?

When merging threads, the new .html type URLs will not be accepted. Also the Calendar is screwed up; when you click on a Month Link to go to another Month, an error appears specifying it as an invalid link.