vB Easy Archive FINAL - Search Engine Spiderable Hack! Get your posts listed @ google

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[high]HOW GOOD DOES THIS HACK WORK??? >>> [/high]Over 29,000 pages spidered since January 1st!!!!!!! Visit http://www3.google.com/search?hl=en&...e+SkuZZy+Xenon to see all the pages this script has helped get spidered into google!

Sub-Forums have been added!

Final Version Released - February 10th

I added sub-forums in this final version, one of the most requested features to be added... but, sad to say... this will be the final version. I never got a chance to add some of the cool features I said, but I feel this archive has served it's purpose and hopefully will continue to do so for all the die hard users who stick with vb 2.2.9. I decided to make this the final version because vb3 is coming out soon and I think this archive is the best archive currently out. Sure, there are more flashy ones, but this one gets the job done and gets results. Hopefully this hack will live on for a while.
Edit by Xenon: Whenever there is a problem, i'll take a look at it, and perhaps add a feature or two

About this hack

This hack will help get all your threads listed in google and other search engines and get your threads easily spidered! It works by creating an archive and turning all your posts into .html format. It doesn't actually create the .html files though, but google thinks they are real! It uses mod_Rewrite. If you don't have mod_Rewrite, you can't use the scripts (sorry).

What does it do?

The purpose of this hack are to get your keywords from your forums listed in google and get people visiting them! Since these are all pure text and don't use tables or excess font tags, they are very friendly on bandwidth! This will display all your files in a nice text format that google will absolutely love! Visit the online demo below to see it in action!

Online Demos

To view a demo of this script, visit some of the "live" demos at the following sites:

http://www.destee.com/forums/archives
http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/archive/
http://www.truecountry.com/forums/history/
http://www.strategy-forum.de/easy_archive/index.php
http://www.pimprig.com/forums/archive/
http://www.jokersrewards.com/forum/history/
http://board.midibuddy.net/archive2/
http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/archive/
http://www.macfora.com/forums/archive/
http://www.rcgroups.com/archive/
http://www.codewebs.com/forums/archive/
http://www.lcdmod.com/forums/archive/
http://www.source-forums.org/vB/archive/
http://www.subduck.com/history/
http://www.thesistersthree.com/archive/
http://www.a51forums.com/archive/
http://www.yes-its-free.com/easyarchive/
http://www.wcgateway.com/forums/archive
http://www.toyotaimportsforum.co.uk/forum/archive/
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/
http://www.gamesites200.com/archive/
http://www.allthingsmoto.com/archive
http://www.2spoemas.com/foros/archive/
http://www.mysticwicks.com/archive/

Requirements

Apache
vBulletin 2.x
mod_mime installed
.htaccess
5 minutes of your time...


Known Problems/Confusion

Mod_mime - You will NEED mod_mime to run these scripts. Mod_mime is a free module which enables a directive called "ForceType". This allows you to use the .htaccess file included to force your files into php mode, which allows simple URL's, without .php in them. If you can see the front page of your archive, but get an error page when you click on any links then this is your problem. To fix it, you will need to install mod_mime, or ask your host to do it. It's a FREE module. For more information, visit http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html

Private forums - Private forums are NOT shown and they will NOT be spidered. Some people say the private forums show up, that is because you are logged in as the admin and the archive uses permissions. So anyone who has permission to view the private forums on your forums, will beable to view them on the archives also. But if you log out of your account OR log into an account that doesn't have access to them, then you won't beable to view them

Credits

Biggest credit goes to Xenon who originally coded the scripts. He is the man! Also thanks to everyone who tested it out for me and kept bugging me about releasing it (when I was too lazy to).

Agreement

By using these scripts & installing them, you agree to leave the small (virtually unnoticable) copyright text and links at the bottom of all pages. You also agree to leave jelsoft's copyright there as well. You can modify the scripts much as you want, but this portion must remain intact (links must stay) and visible. This is all we ask

Download Final

To install, just download the file below and open the "_readme.txt" file. All is explained there. Installation should only take a couple of minutes. If you have problems with this script, post them in this thread and I will try and get around to answering them.

[Xenon]

in archive_functions.php

replace the

PHP Code:

function print_header()
{
    global $archiveurl, $title;
    
    echo "
        <html>
            <head><title>$title</title></head>
            <base href=\"$archiveurl/\">
        <body>
    ";
    include "$archiveurl/header.php";
} 


with

PHP Code:

function print_header()
{
    global $archiveurl, $title, $forum, $thread;
    
    // Build Page Title
    $pagetitle = $title;
    if ($thread['title'] != '')
    {
        $pagetitle .= ' - ' . $thread['title'];
    }
    else if ($forum['title'] != '')
    {
        $pagetitle .= ' - ' . $forum['title'];
    }

    echo "
        <html>
            <head><title>$pagetitle</title></head>
            <base href=\"$archiveurl/\">
        <body>
    ";
    include "$archiveurl/header.php";
} 


that should work

[Theory]

Wow, Thank you that worked great. You are by far the smartest person ever. I appreciate that alot thanks again. Forum titles can be done the same way? That dosen't really matter tho the main thing I wanted was thread titles. Thank-you again you're great.

[Xenon]

you're welcome

ah, i see i have used different variablenames in the two scripts (bad me (hey the script is very old ^^))

use this to get the forumtitles as well:

PHP Code:

function print_header()
{
    global $archiveurl, $title, $foruminfo, $thread;
    
    // Build Page Title
    $pagetitle = $title;
    if ($thread['title'] != '')
    {
        $pagetitle .= ' - ' . $thread['title'];
    }
    else if ($foruminfo['title'] != '')
    {
        $pagetitle .= ' - ' . $foruminfo['title'];
    }

    echo "
        <html>
            <head><title>$pagetitle</title></head>
            <base href=\"$archiveurl/\">
        <body>
    ";
    include "$archiveurl/header.php";
} 


[Theory]

You never cease to amaze me. Thanks again man

[Xenon]

*gg*

that's my purpose here

you're welcome

[Theory]

gg indeed . Your purpose is a good one . And if your doing it volunteer like even more props to you. So thanks again ^^

[glo]

Hi, im trying to install this into vB2.3.0 and have a question about your instructions.

It says to load up the 7 files listed to the new Archive folder, but in your zip file there is an 8th file "archive_functions.php" should this be uploaded too?

Also, as recommended I have included a link to the archive in the footer using the link "./archive", but in the template preview mode it shows it linking to http://localhost/forum/admin/archive but in the IE or Firefox browser the link shows correctly as http://localhost/forum/archive

What is the best way to set this up correctly (the actual location of the archive folder is localhost/forum/archive)

thanks

[Meza]

Well that was easy! Installed in about 5 minutes.

[vdich]

My Provider has change to Plesk 7.1.5, now the archive don't work more...
Can someone help me ?

[Areku]

I also upgraded PHP on my server and now it reports 404 error due to the ending "/" on every call.

How can I fix that?!?