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

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Immortal

You can add stop to the ACP, so it strips it.

another option is to fix the htaccess file, which i will help you do.

[Adyum]

What is the best way to make it /forum/forum-name , instead of /forums/f-forum-name-forum#

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Adyum

What is the best way to make it /forum/forum-name , instead of /forums/f-forum-name-forum#

Right now vRewrite doesnt support this.

It supports only
/f-forum-name-id/t-thread-name-id
OR
/forum-name/t-thread-name-id

In the future, I hope to add support for /forum-name

But be aware, this isnt the easiest task (espeically if you have non-english chars)

[HuangA]

I'm still seeing unknwon location for showthreads on WOL:

Unknown Location
/wiigt-lounge/t-wii-controllers-no-recharging-yet-123.html

Is there a remedy for this yet? (I'm using 1.5.1)


Edit: Noticed another problem. This hack seems to break the AJAX feature on the 'AJAX Post Thanks' hack. It seems to really screw up the design of the content. Can you please see about if there's a possible fix for this?

[jdingman]

I'm also still running into issues of this:

'currently view... .../f--39.html/' and it doesn't correctly display the whole URL. was this supposed to be fixed? Is there anyway to display the URL without using the ## as well? maybe just the name?

[dazh]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

If it is a hack problem, please tell me which hack it is

The site has several mods installed, but was working better on the last version of seoed url's.


Mods listed below:

AnyMedia BBCode
Article Bot
Banner On Forum Home Postbits
FlashChat Integration
Members who have visited the forum
Multiple Login Detector
PhotoPost Classifieds WOL
psiStats 2006
v3 Arcade
v3 Arcade - Manually Add Game
vB Pager
vBSEO :: Sitemap Generator
vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin


If you look at http://www.leeds-forum.co.uk and click on last post icon or hover over it you can see its missing the url of the website.

any ideas

[YUKS]

Nice i will try it.

[masterross]

how to use in "Forumdisplay Rewrite"
f-FORUM-NAME-id{END_CLAUSE}
insead of:
f-FORUM-NAME-id{END_CLAUSE}/

probably some changes in htaccess should be done?

thx,
Ross

[maroceve]

Hi guys ...

i seem to be having troubles with my GARS .. Can ayone help.
the "get new messages" link on the navbar just does a refresh now ...and i can't see the "featured article" image ...

http://www.maroceve.com/forums/f-art...deres-57.html/

thanks !

[SimonVlc]

Originally Posted by SimonVlc

I discovered another problem. I have one private forum which only moderators can see.

In the forum front page, the link to the last modified post is badformed with a double slash in the url.

http://poquer-red.com/foros//t-haria...-1333-new.html

In the rest of the forums all is fine.

It isn?t an important one. Just for future releases.

Bye, Simon.

Another related bug, a bit more important.

When you try to post an answer in a thread no logged, after logging it redirects you to a badformed url.

poquer-red.com/foros//foros//foros/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=12885

Take a look .