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

[jdingman]

weird, I disabled it and now I get this:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

That's really weird...did someone possibly create a thread, then delete it?

the lastpost stuff still gives random output threads instead of the actual lastpost (using 1.0)

[Immortal]

You shouldn't be getting that error, it may have been merged etc.

Yah, the only fix for that is to upgrade to 1.5.

[Danecookie]

i think we shall wait for the next version? with it all errors will be gone?

i am just waiting for it ..

[jdingman]

Originally Posted by Immortal

You shouldn't be getting that error, it may have been merged etc.

Yah, the only fix for that is to upgrade to 1.5.

It definitely wasn't merged because I didn't merge it and I'm the only one with access When will 1.5 RC2 be out?

[Roms]

I'll try it out, Thanks!

[CrazyVLS]

Originally Posted by Immortal

You would want to use that in headerinclude. I'll work on your v3 code tomorrow



And did you read install.html or searched the thread as I told you to?

yes, i already chanche RewriteBase to /forum and /var/www/forum, but both still not working. Any more ideas to fix that ... Help me !

[VTXCafe.com]

I installed and have this problem, when the link is clicked I get this:

It has an F-and then the url. But nothing shows, I have edited the Rewrite Base but what do I put there? forum.php? Index.php?

Sorry, it was just not clear to me.

Here is what I have now:
.

[DementedMindz]

ok here is another arcade one


<phrase 1="arcade.php?$session[sessionurl]do=play&amp;gameid=$newgameid" 2="$newgame">$vbphrase[arcade_newgame]</phrase>


<a href="arcade.php?do=scores&amp;gameid=$game[gameid]">$game[highscore]</a>

[Immortal]

For those who are getting not found errors, and you are 100% sure mod_rewrite is enabled, post your full .htaccess with a forum link.

DementedMindz: Can you get a full list of everything you need, and I'll do it now, for me?

[Princeton]

I haven't installed this (I've only tested on sites that you have listed above) ... so I apologize if it can be done.

There have been a few SEO addons lately but most fail in this category:
I'll explain by giving you examples.

On one of the sites that I tested ...

domain.com/announcements-and-feedback/t-links-and-directory-669.html

the link above works great; but, if I was to shorten the link (copy/paste error) to

domain.com/announcements-and-feedback

it would fail.

If you could get these issues fixed this would be a great product. :up: