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

[Icheb]

It's sort of obvious that it's only for 3.5, however I gave it a shot and that's all I found so far.

[bonjurkes]

there was a known issue about the vbseo sitemap generator?

is it fixed or still a issue?

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by bonjurkes

there was a known issue about the vbseo sitemap generator?

is it fixed or still a issue?

http://www.vrewrite.com/vrewrite-sup...itemap-17.html

[lawahdy]

hello there..

I tried to make this hack work on my forum .. managed to get it hmmm like 90% working.. but then got mad at one point and uninstalled it.. I don't have a testing forum so I was doing my thing on my live forum.

anyways.. this is not my problem.. the problem is when I uninstalled .. everything.. the forum is still showing some threads in html .. that made more more :banana: .. there is no htaccess file.. there is no hack installed and there are not temp modifications.. why is it still showing html files.. my users are complaining that some of the forum sections are not working..

I know that.. but I don't know what to do.. can anyone help me please.. this is kind of urgent..

thanks

[Immortal]

I'm sorry but I don't quite understand. Feel free to install it, and then email me (my email is listed in install.html) the link where you are having issues please.

[vBSkins]

Thanks, I love this hack I really do appreciate it!

[imranbaig]

Hi, I have installed this great mod, but I have a small problem.
for many categories it shows in html properly, but for threads there is not change its as usal as it was earlier.
any idea why this is happening?

I have forum on a subdomain, I doubt this is to do with this, the subdomain is like subdomain.mainsite.com, and subdomain too has its own htdocs, folder should i make Rewritebase to / or /forums/htdocs? pls suggest.
Thanks in Advance!

[Zweeper]

works all fine, just the avatars dont show.
(www.zweeper.de/forum).


here my htaccess:

RewriteEngine On  	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(styleid=(.*))$ showthread.php?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(showthread\.php)$ showthread.php?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)/newthread.php newthread.php?do=newthread&f=$2[L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)-new.html showthread.php?t=$3&goto=newpost&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)-last.html showthread.php?t=$3&goto=lastpost&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)-post(.*).html showthread.php?p=$4&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^p-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-post([0-9]+)/postcount([0-9]+).html showpost.php?p=$2&postcount=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-page([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html showthread.php?t=$4&page=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+).html/(.*)$ showthread.php?t=$3&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+).html showthread.php?t=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^u-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+).html member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^f-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+)/page([0-9]+).html/(.*)$ forumdisplay.php?f=$2&&page=$3%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^f-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)-([0-9]+).html/$ forumdisplay.php?f=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L] 	 
RewriteRule ^search-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+).html/$ search.php?do=$1 [L] 	 
# vRewrite version 1.5 STABLE 	 
# Created by vRewrite htaccess generator v1.0

i hope somebody can help me!

[hoof]

Excellent job! Thank you very much for this. Installed.

[Adult SEO]

Hi!

I installed vRewrite on forums.razordolls.com but id didn't work!

The htaccess says:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/page(.*).html showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html/(.*)$ showthread.php?t=$3&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]

But the page is accessed as
http://forums.razordolls.com/sexahol...-page2-25.html

So it doesn't work!!!

Has noone noticed this??