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

[DementedMindz]

im on basiclly the same setup and mine is working fine... im rewritten alot of things here lol

[MamboCube]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

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.

ah right lol, yeh it works great now, thnx for your help xStylezx and Bhuwan

[AWS]

Originally Posted by jj

You mean IIS Server? From M$? Forget it There's no .htaccess feature, which is needed by this one...

Yes there is.
http://helicontech.com
You just have to replace ^ with / at the beginning of each rule after you install isapi rewrite.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by jdingman

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 =/

A couple things
First, PM or post a link to your site
Second, verify the system is ON (not vRewrite, but the 301 redirects!) - AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vRewrite.
Third - will say wen we get there.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by 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>

I added it right after

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by AWS

Yes there is.
http://helicontech.com
You just have to replace ^ with / at the beginning of each rule after you install isapi rewrite.

Does 1.5 work based on only these cahnges? if so, then that's grood to know for when 1.5 is released (many people may ask about this!)

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by MamboCube

ah right lol, yeh it works great now, thnx for your help xStylezx and Bhuwan

no prob

[DementedMindz]

ok i think i got this down i think if you can confirm if this is correct... if so im on a mission lol im going to rewrite alot of stuff....

<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/arcade.php?$session[sessionurl]do=lboard">[ $vbphrase[leader_board] ]</a>

becomes:

<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/arcade-$session[sessionurl]do-lboard.html">[ $vbphrase[leader_board] ]</a>

and the rewrite rule would be :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule arcade-$session[sessionurl]do-(.*)\.html$ arcade.php?$session[sessionurl]do=$1

is this correct if you know?

[Alex_]

I am still not able to choose a timespan in a forum.

Threads from the X last days always directs to the standard timespan (of 30 days) no matter what I choose.
This was in 1.x and 1.5 RC1 too...

[jdingman]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

A couple things
First, PM or post a link to your site
Second, verify the system is ON (not vRewrite, but the 301 redirects!) - AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vRewrite.
Third - will say wen we get there.

EDIT: It seems be working fine now....not sure what fixed it, thanks.