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

[hbalagh1]

did you add the htaccess file

[jamshed]

yea man!

[forte]

@jamshed, have you edited the htaccess file with the location of your forums?

Anyway, all the links that has -newpost.html seems to just direct me to t--.html

[jamshed]

The htaccess is at forum location and below is the code of htaccess...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/go=(.*) showthread.php?t=$3&goto=$4&is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?p=$3&is_vrewrite=yes[L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&page=$3&order=desc&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/page(.*)daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&page=$3daysprune=$4&order=$5&sort=$6&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html/daysprune(.*)-order(.*)-sort(.*) forumdisplay.php?f=$2&daysprune=$3&order=$4&sort=$5&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^f-(.*)-(.*).html forumdisplay.php?f=$2&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^u-(.*)-(.*).html member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-newpost.html showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^markread.html forumdisplay.php?do=markread [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p-(.*)-(.*).html#(.*) showthread.php?p=$3#post$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^print-(.*)-(.*).html printthread.php?t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendtofriend-(.*)-(.*).html sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&t=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html search.php?do=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)/newthread.php newthread.php?do=newthread&f=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpostnoquote-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/newpost-(.*).php newreply.php?do=newreply&p=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^p-(.*).html showpost.php?p=$1&postcount=$1 [L]

[forte]

If you run your vB on a directory from a subdomain or root ex: http:///www.yoursite.com/forum or http://subdomain.site.com/forum you will need to open up the .htacess file and change Rewrite Base / to Rewrite Base /yourdir

My forum for example can be found on /forums so the second line of the htaccess file is

RewriteBase /forums

[jamshed]

Originally Posted by forte

If you run your vB on a directory from a subdomain or root ex: http:///www.yoursite.com/forum or http://subdomain.site.com/forum you will need to open up the .htacess file and change Rewrite Base / to Rewrite Base /yourdir

My forum for example can be found on /forums so the second line of the htaccess file is

RewriteBase /forums

oh, dude thanks, but another problem, that 404 error has gone but another problem arrived ..

here also, newpost.html direct to t--.html .. and also the links at top which for example are :

Forums - General Talk (Section) - Hello All (thread)

These quick links at top are not working...

[Immortal]

Uhhh....weird, it should work? There is a known bug with newpost, but that's only that it doesn't go to the correct page, and sometimes it goes to a random thread. I'll try and post a temporary fix in a few hours until 1.01 is released.

[jamshed]

OK thanks, we'll be waiting

[tercede]

in 3.5.4 I get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting T_NEW or T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/ttuohy/public_html/forums/inlinemod.php(220) : eval()'d code on line 3

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/ttuohy/public_html/forums/inlinemod.php(220) : eval()'d code:3) in /inlinemod.php on line 627

I had to turn off the "merge fix" in the plugin manager of inlinemod_start hook. Is this bug known? I mean, the merge fix is suppose to fix the merge issue but it creates an issue when someone tries to delete a post/thread I believe...

[Immortal]

Yah, I think I changed something I shouldn't of before the release :blush:

Thanks for reporting it. It should be fixed in the next release.