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.

[freeshares1]

Originally posted by freeshares1
i am getting the following error any idea's?

Warning: Unable to access ./admin/config.php in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/Jokersrewards.com/httpdocs/forum/global.php on line 129

line 129 is this part

// ###################### Start init #######################

unset($dbservertype);
unset($debug);
//load config
require('./admin/config.php');
if ($debug != 1) {
unset($showqueries);
unset($explain);
}

This is a great hack, Thanks for it i now have it working. I had to to put chdir() bit in the config file instead of the full path.

[subduck]

Originally posted by SkuZZy


Do you mind telling me what the problem was you were having? Other people might be having the same problem. Or if you don't feel like posting it in public, PM it to me

I just made a few changes.
I removed chdir(..) from topic and forum.

And I replaced the first line in the configuration file with these:
chdir("../vb");
require("global.php");
chdir("../history");

Nice script by the way, too bad I missed google by a day

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by subduck


I just made a few changes.
I removed chdir(..) from topic and forum.

And I replaced the first line in the configuration file with these:
chdir("../vb");
require("global.php");
chdir("../history");

Nice script by the way, too bad I missed google by a day

Google hasn't started dancing yet, so they will be back in the next couple of days.

[pseudocode]

I'm getting closer but still have a couple of problems. I get the following where the header and footer ought to go:

Warning: Failed opening 'http://64.224.111.213/forums/archive/header.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in D:\64.224.111.213\forums\archive\index.php on line 99

Also, the links to my forums don't work. I get a 404 error.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'd really like to get this hack working. Its a great idea!

[codewebs]

i get a blank page, and im sure the paths are right

my readme says i have 2.1, but my index.php says 2.0

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by pseudocode
Warning: Failed opening 'http://64.224.111.213/forums/archive/header.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in D:\64.224.111.213\forums\archive\index.php on line 99

You can't use URL's as paths, they must be the path to the file on the server, eg /home/site/public_html or C:/Apache/htdocs

[codewebs]

i think google has started now, because google bot has come to my forums 5 times today, so as looksmart :/ too bad my archive doesnt work owell :'(

http://www.codewebs.com/wow.jpg

[Guidster]

Is there any way to get the hack to penetrate deeper into the forums? I have a ton of forums that are categorized and unless I want to subject the user to a mile long forum home page by specifying a depth of 2, the archive does not supply much as when the links are hit, I get no data.

Here is my site as an example: The 4 stroke forum is many levels deep....

http://www.allthingsmoto.com/archive

Thanks

[codewebs]

i finally got mine to work, after using a previously explained thing.

http://www.codewebs.com/forums/archive/

although i had to add some stuff to make the meta tags work right, and it be truly "friendly" according to the test things that will look at it.

[codewebs]

now how do i make it not say unknown location :-/ I have the hack that lets you add new locations but this is different sigh