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

[jdingman]

Immortal: Maybe someone should close this thread with a reminder that there is a new forum within vbulletin.org for vRewrite...

[moonshield]

Oh I'm sorry. I didn't see that.

Anyways I figured it out.

Thanks for the great mod. It works perfectly for me.

[Immortal]

All support should be handled in the forum

jdingman: I would love to do that. But, I think a locked thread to some may seem like a dead project. Plus posting upgrades would be rather difficult.

[jdingman]

Originally Posted by Immortal

All support should be handled in the forum

jdingman: I would love to do that. But, I think a locked thread to some may seem like a dead project. Plus posting upgrades would be rather difficult.

Isn't that why there is a new forum for it instead of this thread??

[Brandon Sheley]

is there a link in the first post to the support forums ?

[Nj?rd Eriksson]

Originally Posted by HuangA

I already posted about that one. I'm waiting for a fix as well. The problem seems to be because the AJAX post thank yo hack's AJAX are looking for
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_button_ajax&p=xxx
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_add_ajax&p=xxx
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_button_add_ajax&p=xx x
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_remove_all_ajax&p=xx x
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_remove_user_ajax&p=x xx
showthread.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=xxx

where 'xxx' = post id.

I think it'd be nice and easy to fix if we figure out how Bwhuan does his showthread rewrite, and add a few more 'replacements' for the hack's plugin, and it should work out, but I don't know... For now, I've got my vRewrite disabled until I can get more confirmation as to how to make sure it doesn't break the post thank you hack.

I'd also appreciate a solution for the "Post thank you hack." In the meantime, I've disabled the product. All other things seem to work fine and I have dozens of hacks installed.... I'm sure it's not on your priority list to make your product compatible with every other hack, but if you should ever have some free time to work on a solution, I'm sure it would be much appreciated by quite a few admins, Bhuwan.

Keep up the good work.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by jdingman

Isn't that why there is a new forum for it instead of this thread??

Yeah, but not everyone can read about the forum it seems. Plus we're still getting installs, so this thread still must be getting shown! :banana:

Originally Posted by Loco.M

is there a link in the first post to the support forums ?

Is now!

[Immortal]

Hello Everyone,

We have opened up vRewrite.com. I know, I know. Why, yet another one? It's confusing enough as-is! The vRewrite thread is over 100 pages long, it's a mess. We realize that. But when members post same questions over and over, it's very frustrating. Let me reiterate that: it's very frustrating. So if I have ever snapped at you, that's why. We contacted vB.org staff to create the vRewrite forum to try and rectify this issue. It failed. At least in my eye's. It did not solve the issues that we still face. We needed multiple forums, and not just one. Sub-forums would just create even more of a mess.

Thanks to jlaine, who very kindly donated a vB license to use, we have opened up vRewrite.com. We hope over time you will begin to use this, but we understand why you may not. Getting this forum alone has created confusion, and now we have added this into the mix. We will still provide support via the forum, but the people on vRewrite.com will get priority support as they are very kind to us developers and wish to help ease the mess on us. But let me reiterate that once more, we will still provide support via the forum. Thread as it is now, is still not a support place. Just general discussions etc.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of us.

Thanks,
vRewrite Team

[Icheb]

I tried to install this on vB 3.6 Beta 2, however smilies won't be displayed any more when you use the inline editing of posts.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Icheb

I tried to install this on vB 3.6 Beta 2, however smilies won't be displayed any more when you use the inline editing of posts.

Howdy,

Right now it's just for 3.5. I haven't had time to play with 3.6 personally myself yet. And let alone test vRewrite for it. Sounds like an variate of an existing bug however.