Board Optimization - Zoints SEO 2.3.2

Zoints SEO 2.3.2!

First i would like to say sorry that its taken so long to get a new version out work has been hectick

now to the update!
mainly this update is only a faster version i have cleaned the coding a bit and made a few changes here and there for better performance.

i know there is still a few bugs in the system and i will now start on a complete rewrite of a seo system as zoints is reaching its limits with the fixes you can add in so this will be my last zoints update, the next release will be a new and more complete system!

it is recommended to update just for easier life and i would recomend using mod-rewrite as its the most stable area of the zoints SEO

I hope you look forward to my next Full Release and not just an update!

this version contains Most of the updates and bug fixes from this thread also others from the zoints forum as well! it contains 1 core file from the tags file please note you MUST read the read me file before you upload anything!

this is a pretty straight forward install it will edit all the templates automatically even on a custom template (tested my self) and even if not you have the files needed to make the changes!

"THIS IS ONLY TO BE USED WITH VBULLETIN 3.8.x"

********Please do not use this modification unless you are VERY well educated on SEO and forum modification********

Zoints is a company that believes that forums are the killer application of the internet. We want to empower forum owners to take their community to the next level. Therefore, Zoints has been developing an extremely powerful vBulletin forum SEO and revenue enhancing solution for more than two years now. However, because we are focusing on our Forum Network and Thread Tagging System, we have decided to release this SEO solution to the vBulletin community under the lgpl license. Zoints SEO is now open source and NOT supported by us. We hope that the vBulletin dev community comes together to take this already powerful solution and make it even better. Empower yourselves

Zoints SEO can be discussed here or http://network.zoints.com (again, we will not be providing official support).


Known bugs
1. If a user disables cookies, infinite redirect loop.
2. index2, index3 pagination breaks some things. Standard p2, p3 works fine. (should be fixed now)

Zoints Explained = Click Here

if you like it click install
and if you really love it click nominate lol

[pjardinage]

Any idea ?

[mikey1991]

Installing this on a clients board, the IM Icons work in firefox, but in IE 8 they lead to a 404, we have tried this with the mod_rewrite on and off, neither works. I need a fix please.

[pjardinage]

Should i write this for french letters ?

PHP Code:

function zseo_cleaned_string($string)
{
    global $vbulletin;
    
    $bit = iif($vbulletin->options['zointsseo_url_separator'], '_', '-');
    
    /*
    french - fix start ----------------------------------------------------
    */
    $string=iconv('UTF-8','ISO-8859-9',$string);
    $string=iconv("ISO-8859-9", "UTF-8",$string);
    /*
    french - fix end ------------------------------------------------------
    */
    
    $string = strtolower($string);
    $string = unhtmlspecialchars($string);
    
    $string = str_replace("'", '', $string);
    $words = preg_split("#[^a-z0-9]#", $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
    
    $words = zseo_strip_stopwords($words, $bit);
    $words = zseo_limit_keywords($words, $bit);
    return implode($bit, $words);
} 


[mike2902]

Question about the MOD rewrite instructions.....Here are the instructions as given

3. .htaccess edit (required for the mod_rewrite option)
========================================
This step is only necessary if you are planning on using the mod_rewrite option to
rewrite the URLs. Please note that you will have to have mod_rewrite support enabled
on your server.

File: /.htaccess (If it does not exist, create it)

If the following two lines already exist, then skip ahead to the next edit, otherwise
add them at the end of the file

----------------------------------------
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
----------------------------------------

Add the following lines at the end of the file
----------------------------------------
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]
----------------------------------------

So if I understand this, I create a file in my forum root called .htaccess

Then open that file and add the following into it.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]

[j1mmy]

Has it been reported yet that there are logging in problems with IE? I've got this problem, but not sure if this mod was the reason?

[Ava-Kyrillos]

hi
when I tring to edit "showthread_similarthreadbit"
with new value as the attached text file

I get this erro
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"', expecting ']' in /home/*********/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3939) : eval()'d code on line 2

how i solve this
thanks

[kootta]

thank you for this great mod i,ve been searching for a way to make the dynamic URL to static n i now did it by using ur mod
thanks and i marked as installed

[MikesSite]

I have been using this for a long time with mod_rewrite. I'm nervous when I upgrade to vB 4 I will lose all of my links which will hurt SEO.

Is there any way to carry over the links or to prevent this from happening?

Any plans for a vB4 version of this?

Thanks.

[dxlwebs]

Originally Posted by MikesSite

I have been using this for a long time with mod_rewrite. I'm nervous when I upgrade to vB 4 I will lose all of my links which will hurt SEO.

Is there any way to carry over the links or to prevent this from happening?

Any plans for a vB4 version of this?

Thanks.

like stated in the pm i have moved zoints to a new name C-logic SEO which is basically zoints but far more advanced we both use the same URL rewrite system (manythanks to zoints) but with a lot less bugs and much more stabillity if you wish for me to creat a version for VB4 i would be more than happy to start coding for your all but my time and money is limited!

note to all that VB4 does have its own URL rewriting system so unless you have zoints or c-logic and wish to keep the urls the same i do recommend you stick with the systems base url system if anyone has zoints or c-logic seo i recomend you stick with it i will test C-Logic SEO and see if VB4 works with it if not i will start working on a new version as soon as possible!

[solokron]

I would love to see a VB4 version of this! We would like to keep our thread URLs the same with .html at the end.