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

[saidev]

Thank you, thank you. Confirmed it is working fine. :up:

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

I made a big BOO BOO when i uploaded the htaccess file
Everyone should edit their htaccess file and remove the existing search rewrite and replae it with

RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html$ search.php?do=$1 [L]

That's assuming that the URL is /search-getnew.html

if you use:/search-getnew.html/
then your htaccess should be this:

RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html/$ search.php?do=$1 [L]

[saidev]

I really like this plugin/extension, it make my url look so pretty...all I need now is a sitemap generator for this. Thanks for the hard work.

[Gastongr]

yahoo and msn have been all the day crawling my forums

[Immortal]

/me is still waiting for a reply :s

[newmomsforum]

is it me but in the .htaccess download is rewrite /base reference not there???

Apologies if it is just me

Claire

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by newmomsforum

is it me but in the .htaccess download is rewrite /base reference not there???

Apologies if it is just me

Claire

We determined that it was not needed

[Immortal]

And many users could not comphrend or read directions that they had to change it.

[pranism]

I just installed this, and on trying to view a forum I get

			SELECT t.lastposter AS username, u.userid, t.threadid
			FROM thread AS t JOIN user AS u ON (u.username=t.lastposter)
			WHERE t.threadid IN ()
				AND t.visible = 1;MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
				AND t.visible = 1' at line 3

And when I try to view a thread I get

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

I am using the .htaccess provided and everythign is turned on.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by pranism

I just installed this, and on trying to view a forum I get

            SELECT t.lastposter AS username, u.userid, t.threadid
            FROM thread AS t JOIN user AS u ON (u.username=t.lastposter)
            WHERE t.threadid IN ()
                AND t.visible = 1;MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
                AND t.visible = 1' at line 3

And when I try to view a thread I get

I am using the .htaccess provided and everythign is turned on.

Please provide me with a link to your site
Also post yor MySQL Version

[vasudeva]

Originally Posted by vasudeva
No, American English. Haven't touched any language or internationalization settings.

Yes, as posted:

It didn't work and in fact produced some sort of looping situation. It was not auto-generated by the helper script.

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Are you still having problems? Do you have a test board setup?

I am, and I do. I'll PM you with the info right now.