vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin

About

vRewrite is an advance but simple system to rewrite vB's URLs. The rewrite system uses preg_match_all and str_replace to rewrite the URLs. It will rewrite any URLs that are dynamic ex: showthread.php?t= to /the-forum/title-of-the-forum-id.html. Why? SEs (Search Engines) rate results based on filename. Not only that, but most SEs give a "boost" to static URLs (what we do here) versus dynamic URLs. vRewrite accomplishes both of this, for all URLs that a search engine (or a guest) will see.

Installation

Please download vRewrite.zip and read install.html for more information on how to install it.

Requirements

vRewrite assumes that you are using Apache with the mod_rewrite module enabled, and running vBulletin 3.5.x. However, if you ask for support here on IIS' module or on vBulletin 3.0.x - I will be more then happy to assist you.

Contributions

I would like to thank Chroder and Cole for assisting me release vRewrite. I could not have released it if it wasn't for them.

I would like to thank the following people/boards for helping beta test vRewrite and making it a better product.

Gaming Ultimate, BP Gaming, NBS Designz Cyclez, Hosting-Talk and Forum University.

Copyright

I've spent many hours working and perfecting vRewrite. The only thing I ask you to do is if you use it, please keep the link back. If you wish to put it in your style instead, simply remove or comment out that line. However, if you use vRewrite you MUST link back. That is the only thing I ask.

Known Issues

There are no known issues with the latest release (1.0).

Support / Issues

If you have any problems or discover a bug please post here in this thread. I have also included my email in the install.html email for one-on-one support. The only thing I ask you is please do not post this email address publicly - it is my personal email.

Changelog

1.5 Release - vRewrite 1.5 has become stable, and all users under 1.5 RC3 and 1.0 need to upgrade. Support for 1.0 will no longer be offered, and you will be told simply to upgrade. Please continue to keep all bug and feature suggestions on the bug tracker at:

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite

1.1 Release - Several bug fixes, and a few new features. Details here.

03/26/06 - Updated the thread to reflect vRewrite 1.5 Beta links. vRewrite files has NOT changed.

03/11/06 - Updated the thread to take advantage of vB.org's new prefix feature. vRewrite itself has NOT changed.

1.0 Release (02/19/06) - I have released the much awaited 1.0. This is the first stable release of vRewrite. All users now should be safe installing vRewrite. For more information, and how to upgrade, please see here.

1.0 Preview (01/12/06) - I have released a preview version of 1.0. This is the final version before 1.0 is considered stable. I believe everything should work in this new preview, but one bug (see known issues). Please see here for more information and how to upgrade.

01/05/06 - Updated ZIP to include a fix for boards running a table prefix. You do not need to upgrade unless you previously had SQL errors. You can upgrade by importing the product and choose "Allow Overwrite".

Donations

Any donations are very much appreciated! I do this out of my free time and work many hours on it - all for free. Anything to help is always very welcomed

If you use vRewrite, please click Install. This helps you keep track of additional upgrades and shows to me that you care about vRewrite


You may not post vRewrite ZIP or any files contained in the ZIP on any website. You may not also post any support requests/give support on any website other then this one, without my permission. If you do so, you will get a DMCA for copyright infringement. I do not want this spread to pirated users. Please stop piracy and do not share the source outside of this thread and vB.org/com. Thanks.

Support will only be obtained at:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=182

[masterross]

hmm
i've disabled some options like member.php and now seems to works ok
will get in touch for any bugs

BR,
Ross

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by masterross

hmm
i've disabled some options like member.php and now seems to works ok
will get in touch for any bugs

BR,
Ross

Can you tell me exactly what you've done?
IN fact, take a screen shot of your vRewrite admincp --
I will take a look at the code to see whether there is a CODE issue or not.

Please do this as it will help others as well.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by SimonVlc

Hi all,

I?ve just installed this and found an error. When I make a search using the "search this thread" feature, the link that links to the individual post it badformed.

The link to the complete thread is fine:

../t-cual-es-la-mejor-de-estas-salas-1256.html/?highlight=poker

But this is the link that links to the post:

../t-cual-es-la-mejor-de-estas-salas-1256-post12032.html/?poker#post12032

I think the problem is in the underlined part. Removing it the link works fine. Any idea?

Thanks in advance, Simon.

Sorry forgot to post the fix

RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)-post([0-9]+).html showthread.php?p=$4&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

add this to htaccess

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Sorry forgot to post the fix

RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)-post([0-9]+).html showthread.php?p=$4&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

add this to htaccess

hehe i found a bug related to this/..
Highlight isn't passed through on posts

[masterross]

bug found:
when i click on some thread
it opens but when i click in next page :
No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by masterross

bug found:
when i click on some thread
it opens but when i click in next page :
No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

htaccess problem
1) post your method of rewriting thread pages
(its either -page-id.html OR /page.html -see verwrite admincp options)
2) then post your htaccess file

[masterross]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Can you tell me exactly what you've done?
IN fact, take a screen shot of your vRewrite admincp --
I will take a look at the code to see whether there is a CODE issue or not.

Please do this as it will help others as well.

i've disabled:
301 Redirects: member
301 Redirects: showpost
Rewrite searches?
Rewrite Member.php?
Rewrite Showpost.php?


i've fixed prob with pages
it was -page-id.html instead of /page.html

for now all seems to work ok

BR

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by masterross

i've disabled:
301 Redirects: member
301 Redirects: showpost
Rewrite searches?
Rewrite Member.php?
Rewrite Showpost.php?


i've fixed prob with pages
it was -page-id.html instead of /page.html

for now all seems to work ok

BR

excellent.

[masterross]

now i fully disable "Enable 301 Redirects"
and loads are back to normal

actually what exactly 301 Redirects does?

thx
Ross

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by masterross

now i fully disable "Enable 301 Redirects"
and loads are back to normal

actually what exactly 301 Redirects does?

thx
Ross

if someone connects to showthread.php?t=X it will rewrite this URL to the correct URL.