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

[SouthernTn]

I wonder if the url problem only results in boards that are already active.. for an example, Im thinking about installing this on a board that is brand new and no posts at all.

[MortysTW]

Originally Posted by Immortal

It's markread.html for me? :?

When I drop the Quick Links dropdown menu, then hover over the Mark Forums Read link, I see that it says the link is /markread.html.

But after I click it and it runs through its process and the page reloads, it goes to /f--.html

I tested WITH new posts that could be marked as READ and also tried it when there were NO NEW posts to see if clicking MARKED READ when everything was read would result different. But they do the same.

I get the /f--.html

Immortal, let me know if you want access to my test forum to witness this

[MortysTW]

Originally Posted by SouthernTn

I wonder if the url problem only results in boards that are already active.. for an example, Im thinking about installing this on a board that is brand new and no posts at all.

Yes, its happening on a brand new forum. I created a brand new test forum on my test server specifically to try this mod.

Quite honestly, as beneficial as this is, a little error like this is no big deal. haha Cuz even though it has a nasty vbmessage after clicking, its still marking those threads as READ.

[Immortal]

Please, Morty if you wouldn't mind. I cannot duplicate it at all, with new posts on THF. Using the Quick Links or the one close to the footer.

As far as the new posts are concerned...it only does it every so often. Which is why I have not noticed it on my board. I have been running this version for a few weeks now, so it is still safe even with a minor bug. I'll try and get a new release fixing this sometime this week.

[MortysTW]

Check your PM's. I created an account for ya!

[dazh]

when members click on the next page you either get redirection limit for this URL exceeded or they get a completly different post that the one they were on?

[trilljester]

Immortal: Maybe you should release this to the pirated VB sites, it'll mess their users up so much, maybe they'll buy VB!

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by trilljester

Immortal: Maybe you should release this to the pirated VB sites, it'll mess their users up so much, maybe they'll buy VB!

What in the world are you talking about?

[dazh]

I am getting a problem when you click on the little arrow next to a members name to take you to the last post it takes you to the last thread in the forum instead of the last post in the thread

[dazh]

Is that something your working on?