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

[ringoflight]

3.6.5 and working! I hope you have plans to develop this in the future for when newer vb releases arrive!

[tomzx]

Originally Posted by hawork

Hi tomzx

Do you know something about problems in getting into "New Messages" in Navbar?

Thanks. Cheers

Yes, those are generally fixed in the template.

for once

FIND (in header)

$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew

REPLACE BY

$vboptions[bburl]search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew

Change the .htaccess rewrite rule

FIND (in .htaccess)

RewriteRule ^search-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+).html/$ search.php?do=$1 [L]

REPLACE BY

RewriteRule ^search-([A-Za-z0-9\-]+).html$ search.php?do=$1 [L]

FINALLY, in the global_complete (plugin section, go to Plugins & Products->Plugin Manager and click on the edit button beside global_complete)

FIND

$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getnew","$myurl/search-getnew{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension']}/",$output);
$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getdaily","$myurl/search-getdaily{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension']}/",$output);

REPLACE BY

$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getnew","$myurl/search-getnew{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension']}",$output);
$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getdaily","$myurl/search-getdaily{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension']}",$output);

[hawork]

It works now!!! Thanks!!! :up:

[NathanMc]

I have a problem with my site all of a sudden, the main page works fine..but if you look at anything the mod rewrites the images do not show, and when I click on the head title image to go back to the home page I get a 404. I've tried changing the images path to relative, but that didn't seem to work, also..my main forum page is not index.php it's forums.php that is probably the main problem to the 404 error, but I don't know how to fix this. Could someone please help?

[topten]

The coders own board doesnt even use the rewrite. Thats should tell you everything.

[trendarmy]

This doesn't work for me. No errors or anything. Just uses the same URL's.

I edited all 3 templates it asked me to edit, i uploaded .htaccess to my root, and I uploaded the XML file as a product.

What gives?

[tomzx]

Originally Posted by trendarmy

This doesn't work for me. No errors or anything. Just uses the same URL's.

I edited all 3 templates it asked me to edit, i uploaded .htaccess to my root, and I uploaded the XML file as a product.

What gives?

You have to go to your vBulletin Options->vRewrite and turn the system on

[trendarmy]

it'd help if that was in the instructions file.

so many of these mod's are created without detailed instructions. it would have taken him an extra 3 seconds to write out the reply you did in his instructions.

[trendarmy]

how much does this slow my site down? because of the search engine gain i'm guessing it's a trade off.

[mikey1090]

you also need to add <base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />
to the member template, otherwise images wont show