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

[Datacenter1.com]

Is this hack work with non english (spanish) boards?

Thanks

Guillermo

[Cole2026]

Originally Posted by o0oicebergo0o

Just 3 out of 100 errors which were sent to me via email. I removed it within less then a minute so as you can see everytime someone attempted to access the board an error occured.

That is most likely not a problem with this software, but some type of problem with your server directly. What version of MySql and PHP are you running?

[michaelbenson]

Interesting alternative would you mind listing all the URLs which this hack is currently planning to rewrite and in what format they will be in too? Would it be possible to rearrange the URL format so that information such as the threadid is moved to the back of the URL?

[Wachtmeister]

Originally Posted by RasMasta

all the links you put up I checked those sites and they don't have it with the member name. I have not installed this yet.

Do you have any working sites that are showing the member page with the member name rather than the id?

http://www.hosting-talk.com/memberlist.php

[Snake]

I'll probably install this tonight but first I'll need a live demonstration of this hack, please.

[croportal]

is this better than DEAN C or??????

i have seen that in this are members rewrite and get daily posts also, but in dean c are not

[Snake]

Why don't you install both hacks and find out yourself? In my opinion, it seems this hack is the best-free SEO product so far.

[Yorixz]

I'd like to see some board that has this installed already I'm also wondering if theres a chance to see this hack becoming compatible with either one of the two xml sitemap generators, but I'm afraid that wont happen too soon.

[Snake]

Just tested and installed the hack on my test board and guess what? I'm facing a mySQL error... :disappointed:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT userid, username FROM user WHERE username='jmmoore721';

MySQL Error : Table 'mgforums_vb3.user' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Thursday, January 5th 2006 @ 12:45:19 PM
Script : xxx
Referrer : xxx
IP Address : xxx
Username : Aftermath
Classname : vb_database

[Lizard King]

Damn I was making myself ready to purchase vbseo and a new alternative just came out. I'll probably wait and see how this works and read the testimonials.

Let me have couple questions by the way ,

Is this working with Non-English boards ?
Is it possible to change rewrite from f-forumname-40.html to forumname/ or any other combination ?
Can we add custom rewrite rules for example , vbadvanced cmps , arcade , geek article and review system ?

If options like these can be turn on instead of purchasing vbseo i can make a good donation for this mod.