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Custom SEO urls (mod_rewrite only) · **Released**: 12-28-2009

What does this do?
This mod allows you to define the beginning part of all the friendly urls. Eventually, more of the url may be customizable but this should be enough to provide a nice structure to your site anyway. I have now released this as more of a mod to make it easier for the less technical admins.

What use is this to me?
I can see a couple of major uses here.
1. If you want to translate the friendly urls into your local language (so instead of having http://example.com/threads/123-Test-Thread/ you have http://example.com/[translation]/123-Test-thread)
2. You want a bit more structure to your links eg forum/threads, forum/posts, blogs/entries etc
3. You just don't like the defaults you've been stuck with and want to change to t,p,f,b and e

Installation
1. First step here, is to ensure that the default mod rewrite urls work for you. Upload the default .htaccess file from the do_not_upload folder to your forums and switch on mod rewrite friendly urls in the server settings and optimisations area of your control panel.
2.Browse around your forums and check that all the links still work. (If they don't you need to work with vb support and your host to get them working)
3. Upload the contents of the upload folder in the zip.
4. Import the product.
5. There is now a new option group in your admin cp; friendly url settings. Change these to your liking.
5a. There is also a link to the rewrite rule generator from the settings page; once you've got the settings to your liking, visit the link to generate a .htaccess file. Alternativly follow the instructions below to make your own.
6. Once you've made these changes, you need to edit your .htaccess file rewrite rules to reflect the changes you made. You need to replicate the change to this file that you've made to the options. you will see a set of:

Code:

RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+) member.php?u=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^forums/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^blogs/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) blog.php?u=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^entries/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) entry.php?b=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}

You need to change the red bits to match your settings.

7. (Optional) Extra credit. Some people want the /forums/ to point to the forumindex page and /blogs/ to point to blog.php the following rewrite rules will take care of this. These should be added to the .htaccess file (don't overwrite any existing rules, these are new ones)

Code:

RewriteRule ^forums/(index.php)?$ forum.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^blogs/(index.php)?$ blog.php?%{QUERY_STRING}

Finally do a search of your templates + phrases for occurrences of forum.php and blog.php and change them to forums/index.php and blogs/index.php (or forums/ and blogs/) respectively.

forums.domain.com and blogs.domain.com support
This is not quite as easy as the above and requires a file edit to achieve.
If you are using 4.0.1; you can skip the file edit part as it appears to work without.
1. Make a backup copy of includes/class_friendly_url.php
2. Around line 604 find:

PHP Code:


			
        // REQUEST_URI is dependable for apache

        if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))

        {

            // return the raw url

            $url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

            $url = $this->registry->input->strip_sessionhash($url);



            return $url;

        }

Replace

PHP Code:


			
$url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

with

PHP Code:


			
$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

3. In your apache config or appropriate server config file, set a serveralias for the subdomains you want to use (eg forums.domain.com) You may need to contact your host for help with this step.
4. In the vbulletin control panel set the cookie domain to be .yourdomain.com
I dont know if this will have any knock on effects elsewhere, but it seems to be working for me on my dev board.
5. You can now set a value for forums to be http://forums.domain.com and blogs to be http://blogs.domain.com or similar based upon your requirement.
6. Rewrite rules are a bit more complex for this setup; this is a good resource for getting the server side stuff setup: http://www.reconn.us/content/view/46/67/

example rewrite rules:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?forums.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+) member.php?u=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^/(index.php)?$ forum.php?%{QUERY_STRING}

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?blogs.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^entries/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) entry.php?b=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^/(index.php)?$ blog.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) blog.php?u=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}

Changelog

4.0-0.1 a4
- Added file to generate rewrite rules
- Removed old instructions from this post to prevent confusion.
4.0-0.1 a3
- Fixed missing settings in product file.
4.0-0.1 a2
- Released as product
4.0-0.1 a1
- Initial release

Notes

forums.domain.com and blogs.domain.com is possible, but requires a file edit; Instructions above)
adding extra information to urls is /not/ currently possible (eg tags, forum name to threads etc)
if you want a custom url format, post what you would like and if its possible, I can give you more pointers on how to implement it.
if you change your url format, you may want to leave the old rewrite rules in making a copy of them instead of editing them.
if you want the old instructions, for manual file edits (advanced users only) pm me.
There is some experimental code now attached, this provides an example of how to create custom uri formats (includes forum name in thread urls) but is no where near finished and is for advanced users (read coders) only. This functionality will be built into the product once its been tested and is more stable.

frmessages · #72 05-15-2010, 02:06 PM

Thanks for your answer.

I have these settings :

CMS url :
/
Default page :
1-Index

CMS url in tabs :
/

And my htaccess in root looks like that (the rules for showthread, member, blog etc. work)

Code:

RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# Forum
RewriteRule ^voyage/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^membres/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^billet/.* entry.php [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]

frmessages · #73 05-15-2010, 02:10 PM

Thanks for your answer.

I have these settings :

CMS url :
/
Default page :
1-Index

CMS url in tabs :
/

And my htaccess in root looks like that (the rules for showthread, member, blog etc. work)

Code:

RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# Forum
RewriteRule ^thread/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^membres/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^billet/.* entry.php [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]

Carnage · #74 05-16-2010, 09:52 AM

My settings differ from yours in that my cms url and cms url in tabs is set blank not to /; thats the only differance I can see that might make a change.

frmessages · #75 05-17-2010, 01:40 PM

Thanks for your time... It doesn't work this way but i think i will reinstall from scratch and see what happens.

kho91 · #76 06-03-2010, 12:05 PM

i changes threads to /sujet it's work, but all of old url on threads/... are don't word i have error

Carnage · #77 06-04-2010, 09:18 AM

The best way around that is to leave the old rewrite rule for threads in place.

Also, don't forget to hit installed

sunkapoor22 · #78 07-30-2010, 11:17 PM

Carnage · #79 08-01-2010, 10:42 AM

1, you need to have the number in the url so www.d.com/forums/1-cars

2, out of the box this mod doesn't do what you want for forum threads, however if you look at the experimental code there are some examples that may do what you want.

suiyuan · #80 09-04-2010, 03:53 AM

Hi,Carnage-
Great MOD, Thank you very much.
Actually, I don't care any long tail of rewrite mod.

I hope change the

Code:

www.a.com/threads/2277- title

to

Code:

www.a.com/threads/2277/

or even better

Code:

www.a.com/threads/2277-p1.html

Code:

www.a.com/threads/2277-p2.html

Code:

www.a.com/threads/2277-p3.html

......

Same as threads, I don't care long tail of forums.
I hope change the

Code:

www.a.com/forums/2-forumname

to

Code:

www.a.com/fourms/2/

or even better

Code:

www.a.com/fourms/2-p1.html

Code:

www.a.com/fourms/2-p2.html

Code:

www.a.com/fourms/2-p3.html

........

hope get your help.

Thanks again!

mofeu · #81 11-05-2010, 11:27 PM

I have a greek site and for example I have the following link
http://www.mofeu.eu/forum/showthread.php?5911-Εμείς-πάντως-δεν-φεύγουμε-από-εδώ/page2

and I don't want to appear the text between the link . Can I use this mode?

Thanks in advance

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