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

[dpatel304]

Originally Posted by Centrix

what does that mean? i cant seem to find any Rewrite Base/ in the .htaccess....

Originally Posted by vwdforum

I've just installed this into v3.8. It worked until you go into a post.

errors appear as its trying to find the images for the template in the category folder instead of the forum folder.

My forum is not in the root but is in a directory called /forum

So I'm not sure what to change in the htaccess file??

any advice?

I have this same problem. Any help would be appreciated.

[DeViAnThans3]

Originally Posted by dpatel304

I have this same problem. Any help would be appreciated.

Go to your headerinclude template (do that for each template!), and add something like this: (on the first line)

<base src="http://www.your-website.com/my-vbulletin/" />

Where the link is the exact link to your main vbulletin integration.

Should fix your problem.

[BellyBelly]

Bhuwan I would love to see it working too.

[vwdforum]

I fixed the image problem (not showing images on forum pages) by adding
<base href="$vboptions[bburl]/" />

to the headerinclude template

[ninjalover]

Hello

I hope someone can help me with this...

I am using vRewrite on this forum: http://www.immigrant.ie/

If you look at the first forum, such as "Living in Ireland" you will see the URL is http://www.immigrant.ie/f-living-in-ireland-5.html/

It seems Google will not follow this link.

If I change the "Forumdisplay Rewrite" to not have a / at the end, the URL now looks like http://www.immigrant.ie/f-living-in-ireland-5.html (which is better) but clicking on it results in a "page not found" error.

Do you have any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks!

Steve

[ForumDrop]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Is there still any demand for this MOD ? (I was a co-author, until I got busy!) -- I might be willing to redevelop this if there is a demand for it & it is proven to actually work.

the cost would be cheap - free !

Yeah man, there is definitely a need for this in the community. I personally think it would be good if someone kept this one going.

:up:

[jamestl2]

Quick question, concerning the forumdisplay, showthread, and standarderror portions of step 3, do I also edit the templates beneath them, such as forumdisplay_moderator, standard_error_lite, etc.?

EDIT: Also, was there a solution to that double slash problem mentioned earlier in the thread (example: www.site.com//category//thread)? My site was having those issues too.

[jamestl2]

Anybody still using this mod? I'd like to where my errors are coming from.

[resoucer]

-> Sry, wenn es im Falschen Forum ist, wusste aber nicht genau wohin damit <-

Hi, also ich habe das Addon vRewrite richtig installiert.

Funzt auch "fast" perfekt nur gibt es da ein paar Bugs.
Sorry for my bad english. I have some problems with the mod.

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Beispiel: expample
Unter Profil eines Users steht: Under the Userprofil
Letzte Aktivit?t: Heute 14:29 Last activity: today 2:29 pm
Erstellt ein Thema Partnerschaften & Linktausch @ 14:29 Creat a Thread called "Partnerschaften & Linktausch

Jetzt ist das Thema aber falsch verlinkt: Now the Thread is linked wrong

http://www.example.de/f--4.html/

anstatt

 It must be:
http://www.example.de/f-partnerschaften-linktausch-4.html/

das steht im tpl In the template there is this:

PHP Code:

<div>$userinfo[action] $userinfo[where]<if condition="$show['detailedtime']"> - <else /> @ </if> $userinfo[time]&nbsp;</div> 


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Beispiel 2: Example 2
Unter N?tzliche Links: Under userful links
Heutige Beitr?ge verlinkt mit Todays posts is linkes with

http://www.example.de/search-getdaily.html/

werde hier hingeleitet (Fehlerseite) connected to: (wrong site)

http://www.example.de/search-getdaily.html/search.php?searchid=442

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Beispiel 3 example 3
Ich weis nicht genau warum, oder wann geanu das auftritt, aber in einer Kategorie ist die Verlinkung zum letzten Thread so: I dont know why, but in one categorie there the linkt to the thread is wrong:

http://t-warum-wurde-mein-account-geloscht-349-new.html/

anstatt: Should be:

http://www.example.de/unterforum1/t-warum-wurde-mein-account-geloscht-349.html

I hope someone can help me

thanks

[Ricsca]

If the tread has 2 pages, does not go me in the page number 2.
Why?

Thanks