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

[Immortal]

There is one issue regarding vRewrite 1.0 which I am currently still struggling with and hope to get it fixed. I won't release a version if I know there are bugs in it and call it a "stable" release. Just not very ethical of me.

Originally Posted by StarBuG

Ok here is a suggestion:

To prevent doublicate content if someone comes to the forum via an old url a 301 redirect to the rewritten url would be good especialy for SEs and PR

Then you don?t rewrite all urls yet like

? Previous Thread | Next Thread ?
search resault links with highlight
go to last post

keep up the good work

Previous/Next/Last post were all fixed for 1.0. I've added redirects (or should I say trying to), for 1.0. This is what is stopping me from releasing 1.0 currently. As for the searches, I doubt that'll ever be rewritten. The goal of vRewrite is to better assist SEs in spidering your site, and since they can't use the search function, it kinda defeats the purpose.

[croportal]

i think that better rewrite url like previous and next thread, and go to last post, search you dont

its not so much duplicate content

[KoC]

Thanks for this nice hack. I have installed it sucessfully and i think i must donate it now We wait for the new release

[AshokForums.com]

I am waiting for vRewrite 1.0

[Immortal]

Update:

Hello everyone. Just when I thought I had it perfect idea, it didn't work again. I'm going to update that thread....yet again, and hope/pray for a response. I thought I was on the right track, but I guess not, heh. So, I'm still hoping to release it ASAP, but this isn't something that I can do, so its dependent on others, and that thread has been there for awhile with 0 replies

[croportal]

what thread???

[Immortal]

The Thread regarding the redirect bug

[Illustrious]

I still get error 1064 when I use the latest update of this plugin. It seems to work perfectly when I'm not logged in though.

[Immortal]

Could you post the full error?

[Illustrious]

Certainly, it's the same one that was posted earlier on the board though:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.1:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT userid, username FROM vbuser WHERE username='User';

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'User'' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Date : Tuesday, January 10th 2006 @ 07:26:35 PM
Script : localhost/forums/
Referrer : localhost/forums/index.php
IP Address : *.*.*.*
Username : User
Classname : vb_database

It's strange because the hack seems to be functioning perfectly when I'm logged off. And I read through all the pages and edited my xml file several times.