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]

When dealing with these many redirects, we want to make sure it's 100% SEO compliment.

[darkmage]

I was wondering if it were possible to instead of having links like

f-forum-post-id.html to f-forum-post-id

ex: http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc.html to http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc/

So that the .html is not visable. Thanks.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by darkmage

I was wondering if it were possible to instead of having links like

f-forum-post-id.html to f-forum-post-id

ex: http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc.html to http://forums.ffantasy.com/forum-final-fantasy-etc/

So that the .html is not visable. Thanks.

The quickest way to add this is to edit the code and search for .html and replace it with nothing And then edit the .htaccess file

[darkmage]

So search the xml file and remove the .html ?

[durapuma]

Hi,

i have an little problem with the hack.

When i am on my forumhome site and klick on the Last Post in each forum, the url is

http://www.forum.csi-las-vegas.de/hangman-1-newpost.html

the forum name ist missing. The correct url is

http://forum.csi-las-vegas.de/forum-spiele/t-hangman-1.html

Where is the defect ?

Thanks

Best Regards from gemany

durapuma

[geeserteg]

About 4 or 5 posts ahead of this I commented on a similar prob... Look back a few post. It sounds like most of these probs will be fixed with RC2. Coming soon!

[durapuma]

There is the same problem, but i have not found a solution for the problem, or I am to silly for reading?

durapuma

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by durapuma

There is the same problem, but i have not found a solution for the problem, or I am to silly for reading?

durapuma

Assuming you are running 1.0: this issue is resolved in RC1 and RC2 (out soon)

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by darkmage

So search the xml file and remove the .html ?

If you can be patient, i'll either:
a) add an option within the hack OR
b) add a 'how to' hack for this feature.
Until the bugs are worked out, i dont think this should be touched.

[durapuma]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Assuming you are running 1.0: this issue is resolved in RC1 and RC2 (out soon)

Is there no way to use it yet ?