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

[xtreme-mobile]

ive just tried to install this for the 3rd time but i still get the page can not be displayed message when trying to upload attachments

still no fix for this?

[Immortal]

It works just fine in every other browser but IE. I cannot fix IE's faults. Just not humanly possible, so no.

[thediablo]

inmy forum only the first post's are rewrite everything below that is the same.

any suggestions?

[xtreme-mobile]

Originally Posted by Immortal

It works just fine in every other browser but IE. I cannot fix IE's faults. Just not humanly possible, so no.

ive used older versions of this hack before using IE and never had any problems

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by thediablo

inmy forum only the first post's are rewrite everything below that is the same.

any suggestions?

Either wait a few more hours for 1.0, or scroll back a few pages where I posted the fix.

Originally Posted by xtreme-mobile

ive used older versions of this hack before using IE and never had any problems

Not sure why, it's always done it for a forum I moderate for IE users.

[Immortal]

Update - 1.0

Instead of taking all that time to type up all the changes, let's just say you should upgrade.

All known bugs were fixed (that I said was going to be fixed). And you now have the option to turn on 301 redirects. This means that all old threads, like showthread.php?t= will redirect to your new vRewritten one.

This hack is now stable. All users that have been waiting to install it, should now be safe to install.

If you find a bug, please let me know so I can fix in the next version.

Upgrade Instructions

Reimport the product, allowing overwrite.

Reupload .htaccess.

That's it!

Happy SEOed URLs!

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Immortal

Update - 1.0

Instead of taking all that time to type up all the changes, let's just say you should upgrade.

All known bugs were fixed (that I said was going to be fixed). And you now have the option to turn on 301 redirects. This means that all old threads, like showthread.php?t= will redirect to your new vRewritten one.

This hack is now stable. All users that have been waiting to install it, should now be safe to install.

If you find a bug, please let me know so I can fix in the next version.

Upgrade Instructions

Reimport the product, allowing overwrite.

Reupload .htaccess.

That's it!

Happy SEOed URLs!

Great hack! When trying to view a thread, I get "is_ie" javascript errors.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by bchawla

Great hack! When trying to view a thread, I get "is_ie" javascript errors.

Whoa, never heard of that before. Do you have a link?

[yayvb]

Hi Immortal, I'm really glad to see you have 1.0 out woohoo!!!
After overwriting the .htaccess file and overwriting the old product with the new, I once again have this problem:

I was going to follow the workaround that you had posted here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=316
but it seems like that's giving me an error message if I use that code.

Any ideas? I'm desperate!!

ps. Before the 1.0 stable came out, the last one I was using I was able to use the above fix to get everything rewritten properly, the only problem was that only the first page of a multi page thread was being rewritten or working properly. Which was different from the previous bug where my users were reaching incorrect threads.

But now the above code fix will not work it appears.

Thanks in advance for any help, this hack is awesome and much needed, but it has to work properly, for now I'll uninstall so that my users don't get confused

[Immortal]

Can you post your global_complete -> vRewrite code?