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]

Originally Posted by AshokForums.com

This plugin is compatible with vbAdvanced CMPS???

I don't have a board with it installed, so I can't speak with certainty. But I don't think it would be compatible but running them at the same won't cause any harm to your board.

[croportal]

wow immortal i have vb 3.5.0 and if this will work with this version i will donate to you...thanks allot. this is just great

[AshokForums.com]

Any idea when we can expect vRewrite ver 1.0??

[croportal]

today or tomorow i think

[AshokForums.com]

Originally Posted by croportal

today or tomorow i think

Thats great

[yayvb]

I think this is a great idea because I purchased vbseo for $150 and was told that my site was 'adult' in nature or something and that I couldn't have the script so I had to be refunded!!! My site needs traffic too!!!

[StarBuG]

Originally Posted by Immortal

It is still in Beta. So, why not suggest a few features if you don't think it's got anywhere "near the functionality of vBSEO"?

Ok here is a suggestion:

To prevent doublicate content if someone comes to the forum via an old url a 301 redirect to the rewritten url would be good especialy for SEs and PR

Then you don?t rewrite all urls yet like

? Previous Thread | Next Thread ?
search resault links with highlight
go to last post

keep up the good work

[jonblaze3]

Originally Posted by yayvb

I think this is a great idea because I purchased vbseo for $150 and was told that my site was 'adult' in nature or something and that I couldn't have the script so I had to be refunded!!! My site needs traffic too!!!

thats horrible business practices first off because anyone can add an adult forum anytime after they buy a license whenever they want so what are they gonna do? Monitor every external forum everyday to make sure the posts are appropriate? what happens if they get 100,000 people buy? they gonna monitor all those forums and all the posts in them? dictate a website's content? i'm pretty sure this is not gonna last too long or the business will eventually die especially when competitive products come, then they won't be able to take business for granted anymore

[ConqSoft]

Originally Posted by jonblaze3

thats horrible business practices first off because anyone can add an adult forum anytime after they buy a license whenever they want so what are they gonna do? Monitor every external forum everyday to make sure the posts are appropriate? what happens if they get 100,000 people buy? they gonna monitor all those forums and all the posts in them? dictate a website's content? i'm pretty sure this is not gonna last too long or the business will eventually die especially when competitive products come, then they won't be able to take business for granted anymore

This discussion has been hashed out already, and does not belong in this thread. ( https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103546)

Jelsoft limits sites with illegal content from using vBulletin. How do they monitor 100,000 sites? They have a company that does it for them.

[version2]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

This discussion has been hashed out already, and does not belong in this thread. ( https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103546)

Jelsoft limits sites with illegal content from using vBulletin. How do they monitor 100,000 sites? They have a company that does it for them.

So, for a forum that is already high ranked in Google, among other spider sites. Should I do something like this? I make money from advertising dollars and it is mostly guests giving me those dollars. I am afraid to install something like this and -lose- traffic.

Should I just pass this by?