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

[Mike Blitz]

<a href="http://www.urbanforums.co.uk" target="_blank">www.urbanforums.co.uk</a>

why does the seo bring up a 404 not found error everytime trying to submit/query something

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Mike Blitz

www.urbanforums.co.uk

why does the seo bring up a 404 not found error everytime trying to submit/query something

problem #1) you arent running vrewrite 1.5

[Mike Blitz]

i installed whatever was on the main page :s

[Mike Blitz]

got it fixed, error on my part with the settings

[Mike Blitz]

one thing I need to know is where the "SEOed URLs completed by Tech Help Forum." is, its halfway up the screen in one of my templates and its not located in the footer

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Mike Blitz

one thing I need to know is where the "SEOed URLs completed by Tech Help Forum." is, its halfway up the screen in one of my templates and its not located in the footer

PM Me alink to your site.. I am pretty sure I know why this is happening but want to confirm.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Mike Blitz

one thing I need to know is where the "SEOed URLs completed by Tech Help Forum." is, its halfway up the screen in one of my templates and its not located in the footer

please update to 1.5 first !

[Bhuwan]

Is there areal need from the public to support:

- External.php
-Correct email links

?

[treasureman]

Hi,

In looking at a couple of the forums from the posters to this thread that have installed this mod I see something that I do not understand and that could be a problem.

In viewing a forum with a list of threads when you hover your curser over the link it does not show the rewritten URL, it shows the old URL. When you click on the URL it goes to the rewritten URL. So won't a search engine first see the old URL and index and follow that one instead of the rewritten URL?

Go ahead and view the source and you will see what I mean, and you will see what the search engines will see, which are the old URL's.

Also I viewed another forum this is installed on and the links were rewritten properly when the cursor is hovered, but when the links were clicked on with the Mozilla browser each link went to a "page not found" which indicates that the pages were not being rewritten properly. This particular forum did work properly in IE however.

I didn't want to publically mention the forums if the Mod author wants me to PM him with the URL's let me know and I will.

[xStylezx]

I have not seen anything like that treasureman.