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

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Frapegliko

hello,

its perfect to merge vRewrite with vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator

its difficult?

its been done :banana:

[jdingman]

how come that when I go to a page like this, http://forums.site.net/member.php?u=41, it doesn't redirect me to the rewritten page? It just stays normal at the u=41 page. The same happens with a thread, when going to t=###, it stays there and doesn't redirect. I thought it was supposed to 301 to the rewritten page automatically?

[MamboCube]

i seem to have a problem, whenever i click on a username to go to their profile, the url gets rewritten like this

u-username-2.html8

(username being a members username)

this is for member 28, but the 8 goes to the end taking me to member 2

i tried to take off the .html at the end but could not find it in the vboptions

anyone had this problem?

if so how do i fix it?

thnx great mod!

[xStylezx]

Originally Posted by MamboCube

i seem to have a problem, whenever i click on a username to go to their profile, the url gets rewritten like this

u-username-2.html8

(username being a members username)

this is for member 28, but the 8 goes to the end taking me to member 2

i tried to take off the .html at the end but could not find it in the vboptions

anyone had this problem?

if so how do i fix it?

thnx great mod!

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite/

For bug reporting.Did you search the thread?I thought possibly i seen someone with a problem similar to yours when i was reading through it earlier

[forte]

I've tried both of the Sitemap generators for vBSEO but they won't seem to work with vRewrite so I was wondering if you guys are going to make one.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by MamboCube

i seem to have a problem, whenever i click on a username to go to their profile, the url gets rewritten like this

u-username-2.html8

(username being a members username)

this is for member 28, but the 8 goes to the end taking me to member 2

i tried to take off the .html at the end but could not find it in the vboptions

anyone had this problem?

if so how do i fix it?

thnx great mod!

you've downloaded and used the wrong zip file - the zip file is located on Tyler's website, go back a few posts to see the actual link.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by forte

I've tried both of the Sitemap generators for vBSEO but they won't seem to work with vRewrite so I was wondering if you guys are going to make one.

I ported vBSEO sitemap Generator to work with vRewrite, however, out of respect for Juan and his team, I won't release it unless they are okay with it... But it is working...

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by jdingman

how come that when I go to a page like this, http://forums.site.net/member.php?u=41, it doesn't redirect me to the rewritten page? It just stays normal at the u=41 page. The same happens with a thread, when going to t=###, it stays there and doesn't redirect. I thought it was supposed to 301 to the rewritten page automatically?

They are rewritten automatically -- please provide more details so we can debug.

Here are some likes that are automatically 301'd:
http://www.techhelpforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11
http://www.techhelpforum.com/member.php?u=1
http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=10

[DementedMindz]

ok question for vba gallery we add this to headerinclude:

but where do we add it?

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_index' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_upload' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'showimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_search' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_newreply' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_moderate' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_misc'  AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'gallery_managecats' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'editimage' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'ecard' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'displayimages' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'browseimages'">
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />
</if>

[jdingman]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

They are rewritten automatically -- please provide more details so we can debug.

Here are some likes that are automatically 301'd:
http://www.techhelpforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11
http://www.techhelpforum.com/member.php?u=1
http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=10

Yeah, that's how it should work, but it's not for me. I'm on PHP5.1.2 and MySQL4.x on a CentOS system. Not sure what else I can provide to help debug the problem =/