[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Merrillizer

Ok, thanks for the reply. I went in and double-checked zSEO, and I never had url rewrites on, it's always been off.

I went and did #2, then turned zSEO back on, still the same thing. 404 error because the links to threads in the archive are being changed. When I turn zSEO off, they are back to normal again and working. Must be a setting in zSEO that is causing it, but I definitely have url re-writes OFF.

See below.

Originally Posted by Fireproof

djbaxter, I have concluded NOT to use url-rewriting based on your posts and other research. But I'm not hear to debate that.

I was wondering, since I'm new to SEO and there is a disclaimer above that says

Would you mind listing out the recommended settings for key settings in Zoints SEO? Would really help out a newbie. If it's too much effort, I understand, but thought I'd ask anyway.

Here are my settings, although you may want some additional settings - other than mod_rewrite, I don't think you can do a lot of damage with the add-on:

301 Redirect = No

Rewrite URLs = Do not rewrite URLs

Rewrite /archive/ to /sitemap/ = No

Pagination method = Default

Keyword separator = n/a

Number of keywords in the URL = n/a

Block stopwords from being used in the URL? = n/a

Stopwords = n/a

Use custom meta keywords = Yes

Use custom meta descriptions = Yes

You can specify the custom meta descriptions here. = First X words in a thread

First X words in a thread = 60

Fix links to index.php = Yes

Add "All" link to your page navigation? = Yes

Use Dynamic Guest Messages = No

Show Dynamic Guest Message Above Navbar = No

Dynamic Guest Message Title = n/a

Dynamic Guest Message = n/a

Enable Dynamic 'No Permission' Messages = No

Default 'No Permission' Message Title = n/a

Default 'No Permission' Message Message = n/a

Use Archive as Sitemap = Yes

Use Zoints Archive Navigation? = No

Archive Navigation: Pages Per Page = 60

Enable Thread Decay System = No

Decay to a Style = No style decay

Thread Decay Time = n/a

Archive Version = 3.5.4 or newer