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DC SEO vB URL Rewrite · **Released**: 06-28-2005

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[DC Seo vB URL Rewrite]

Information

[high]vBulletin Version:[/high] 3.5.x
[high]Author:[/high] Dean Clatworthy
[high]Copyright:[/high] You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.
[high]Donations:[/high] I release my modifications for free. If you wish to donate please contact me and I will give you my details. All donations are graciously appreciated.

What does this modification do?
This modification will allow you to automatically have more search engine friendly URLs in your vBulletin. A forum which would normally display as forumdisplay?f=1 will now appear as f1-forumtitle.html and the same with threads. Having keywords in your URL can be of an advantage in search-engine ranking.

Requirements:

You must have mod_rewrite apache module enabled on your server. Contact your host for more information.
This will not work well for non-english boards as it strips most non-alpha numeric characters. E.g. ? would be stripped on french boards etc

Installation

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Please read the readme.txt file included in the zip for details on how to install this modification.

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xtreme-mobile · #**242** 10-23-2005, 11:32 AM

how do i know idf this is working? im a little confused as to what this does

this is what shows as a link to a thread after installing (i cant see any difference)

this is a show thread

http://www.talk-365.com/forum/showth...=1237#post1237

should it have .html in there somewhere? does this mean its not working? im confused lol

UPDATE when i go into a thread it now shows like this

http://www.talk-365.com/forum/t75-kids-suggestions.html

does this mean its working 100% now?

dn lodge · #**243** 10-23-2005, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathemperor

would you like to share the xml file of the edited plugin ?

also what about the showthread url if I don't want to display the thread title on url ?

thanks for your help

ok I got some time.

I'll just give you my whole xml file I edited. If you go into plugin manager, and then click edit on the first listed file for this hack, this is what you have to replace. Leave the 2nd url mod rewrite file alone.

heres my global_complete
Please note, for this XML file to work, you must have the same .htaccess code as me, as this is configured to display forums as forum-14.html and threads the defualt way except this removes the "t" that was before the topic number. So if you want to use my XML, replace your current .htaccess with the following...

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^forum-([0-9]+)\.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)(((-p)([0-9]+))?)([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$5&pp=10 [L]

and your global_complete with the following..

PHP Code:


			
// lets fix the forum links in the navbar

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'newthread' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'newreply')

{

    preg_match_all('/<a href="forumdisplay\.php\?f=([0-9]+)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['navbits']['breadcrumb'], $nnavbits);

    $size = sizeof($nnavbits[1]);

    for($i = 0; $i <= $size; $i++)

    {

        $output = str_replace('forumdisplay.php?f=' . $nnavbits[1][$i] . '"', 'f' . $nnavbits[1][$i] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/i', '', str_replace(' ', '-', $nnavbits[2][$i])))) . '.html"', $output);

    }

}



// we better do the same here on forumhome and forumdisplay

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'index' OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay')

{

    preg_match_all('/<a href="forumdisplay\.php\?f=([0-9]+)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['forumbits'], $seobits);

    $size = sizeof($seobits[1]);

    for($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++)

    {

        if(!preg_match('/forum_link\.gif".*?forumdisplay.php\?f=' . $seobits[1][$i] . '/is', $GLOBALS['forumbits']))

        {

            $output = str_replace('forumdisplay.php?f=' . $seobits[1][$i] . '"', 'forum-' . $seobits[1][$i] . '' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', preg_replace('/[^0-9]+/i', '', str_replace(array(' ', '<strong>', '</strong>'), array('-', '', ''), $seobits[2][$i])))) . '.html"', $output);

        }

    }

}



// we need to fix the thread links and also the multi-page thread links on forumdisplay

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumdisplay')

{

        // normal thread bits

     if(!empty($GLOBALS['threadbits']))

     {

            preg_match_all('/<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)" id="(.*)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['threadbits'], $seobits2);

            $size = sizeof($seobits2[1]);

            for($j = 0; $j < $size; $j++)

            {

                   $output = str_replace('showthread.php?t=' . $seobits2[1][$j] . '"', '' . $seobits2[1][$j] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $seobits2[3][$j])))) . '.html"', $output);

            }

    }

    

        // normal thread bits

     if(!empty($GLOBALS['threadbits_sticky']))

     {

            preg_match_all('/<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)" id="(.*)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['threadbits_sticky'], $stickybits);

            $size = sizeof($stickybits[1]);

            for($j = 0; $j < $size; $j++)

            {

                   $output = str_replace('showthread.php?t=' . $stickybits[1][$j] . '"', '' . $stickybits[1][$j] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $stickybits[3][$j])))) . '.html"', $output);

            }

    }

        

        // do pagenav

        if(substr_count($GLOBALS['threadbits'], 'page=') > 0)

        {

               preg_match_all('/<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)&amp\;page=([0-9]+)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['threadbits'], $lala);

               $somesize = sizeof($lala[1]);

               for($i = 0; $i <= $somesize; $i++)

               {

                   $tid = $lala[1][$i];

                   preg_match('/<a href="showthread\.php\?t=(' . $tid . ')" id="(.*)">(.*)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['threadbits'], $somematch);

                   $output = str_replace(

                       'showthread.php?t=' . $lala[1][$i] . '&amp;page=' . $lala[2][$i], 

                       '' . $lala[1][$i] . '-p' . $lala[2][$i] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $somematch[3])))) . '.html"', $output

                   );

                   unset($tid, $somematch);

               }

        }

}



// we need to rewrite the pagenav links on showthread and also similar threads O_.

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread')

{

    // do pagenav

        if($GLOBALS['totalposts'] > $GLOBALS['perpage'])

        {

            preg_match_all('/<a class="smallfont" href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)(&amp\;page=([0-9]+))?&amp\;pp=([0-9]+)".*>(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['pagenav'], $seobits3);

            $size2 = sizeof($seobits3[1]);

            for($k = 0; $k < $size2; $k++)

            {

                if($seobits3[2][$k] != '')

                {

                $output = str_replace('showthread.php?t=' . $seobits3[1][$k] . '&amp;page=' . $seobits3[3][$k] . '&amp;pp=' . $seobits3[4][$k], '' . $seobits3[1][$k] . '-p' . $seobits3[3][$k] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $GLOBALS['thread']['title'])))) . '.html"', $output);

            }

            else

            {

                $output = str_replace('showthread.php?t=' . $seobits3[1][$k] . '&amp;pp=' . $seobits3[4][$k], '' . $seobits3[1][$k] . ($seobits3[1][$k] == 1 ? '' : '-p' . $seobits3[3][$k]) . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $GLOBALS['thread']['title'])))) . '.html"', $output);

            }

            }

        }

        // do similar threads

        if($GLOBALS['vboptions']['showsimilarthreads'] AND $GLOBALS['thread']['similar'])

        {

            preg_match_all('/<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)">(.*?)<\/a>/i', $GLOBALS['similarthreads'], $seobits4);

               $yetanothervar = sizeof($seobits4[1]);

               for($l = 0; $l < $yetanothervar; $l++)

               {

                   $output = str_replace('showthread.php?t=' . $seobits4[1][$l] . '"', '' . $seobits4[1][$l] . '-' . strtolower(str_replace('--', '-', str_replace(' ', '-', preg_replace('/[^\sA-Za-z0-9]+/', '', $seobits4[2][$l])))) . '.html"', $output);

               }

        }

}

I hope I helped someone or anyone! If you need any help...

aim: daredevilbp
msn: neomania60@hotmail.com
- Credits to www.DnLodge.com

dn lodge · #**244** 10-23-2005, 11:40 AM

yes, its working, your probably just didnt refresh your page aftyer install or something. If you didnt know what this did, it creates most of your forum files to .html so its alot more navigatable for search engines.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtreme-mobile

how do i know idf this is working? im a little confused as to what this does

this is what shows as a link to a thread after installing (i cant see any difference)

this is a show thread

http://www.talk-365.com/forum/showth...=1237#post1237

should it have .html in there somewhere? does this mean its not working? im confused lol

UPDATE when i go into a thread it now shows like this

http://www.talk-365.com/forum/t75-kids-suggestions.html

does this mean its working 100% now?

xtreme-mobile · #**245** 10-23-2005, 11:49 AM

nice one thanks for fast response

look forward to seeing some good results

clicked install

Zhen-Xjell · #**246** 10-24-2005, 09:46 PM

Hi folks, I have this installed. As an FYI, I have modified this to permit non-english characters to be enhanced (at least for the extended ASCII such as ?????, etc). This applies for the topics and the forums.

This is very similar to my SEO hack for all the *Nuke/phpbb sites:

http://googletap.com

Great work on getting this hack working. I know there is the commercial vbSEO hack, however, with some help, we can make this free one better if folks are interested.

Nutz · #**247** 10-24-2005, 09:56 PM

This is a very good hack. Good work Dean C.

PS: I'm loving the Johnny Cash Pic

Thanks,
Mat

Lizard King · #**248** 10-24-2005, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zhen-Xjell

Hi folks, I have this installed. As an FYI, I have modified this to permit non-english characters to be enhanced (at least for the extended ASCII such as ?????, etc). This applies for the topics and the forums.

This is very similar to my SEO hack for all the *Nuke/phpbb sites:

http://googletap.com

Great work on getting this hack working. I know there is the commercial vbSEO hack, however, with some help, we can make this free one better if folks are interested.

may i ask how did you permit non english characters

Zhen-Xjell · #**249** 10-24-2005, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lizard King

may i ask how did you permit non english characters

Sure, let me get my site finalized (its a new install) and I'll make the data available.

Should take a day or two.

vau7 · #**250** 10-25-2005, 03:27 AM

One Problem: Have you ever moved 1 Posting into another Thread?
In this case you have to give vBulletin a URL of the Thread where the Post has to be moved, and unfornatelty vB doesnt want to take the new URLs.

I wrote this little workaround for my moderators, you can use it for yours:

Quote:

Schritt 1:
mark the checkbox of the posting to move
Schritt 2:
"move postings" and go
Schritt 3:
Now you see this.
Schritt 4:
Now do a new Tab / Window of the Thread where the posting should be moved in.Rightklick on #1 and copy the Link.

Mark the &postcount=1 and delete it. )

I hope this Bug will be fixed.

D|ver · #**251** 10-25-2005, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zhen-Xjell

Sure, let me get my site finalized (its a new install) and I'll make the data available.

Should take a day or two.

thank you
i could use that too

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.08150 seconds Memory Usage 2,402KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)bbcode_code (1)bbcode_php (6)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (4)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (2)pagenav_pagelinkrel (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
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