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

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Selene

can someone help me too? hehe

Asking over and over is not going to solve your problem. Nor am I going to do it if you can't take the time to a) search the thread b) download the beta version by searching the thread. I'm not your own personal tech support if you can't take 2 seconds for something I do for free, and get $0 and which you are getting at no cost.

[dizzy100]

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

dizzy100 you have to read what was posted i originally had a alt layout installed... since then i switched back to the stock so the code above you posted will work on stock v3arcade you just need the rewrite rule in htaccess...

for catagories ?

It never worked

At least not for me ...

[Selene]

Originally Posted by Immortal

Asking over and over is not going to solve your problem. Nor am I going to do it if you can't take the time to a) search the thread b) download the beta version by searching the thread. I'm not your own personal tech support if you can't take 2 seconds for something I do for free, and get $0 and which you are getting at no cost.

ok chill i did try to search but it was 60 pages so its not easy to read all.

anyhow thanks for a great hack.

i found the beta link at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...eta#post935077

now the problem is i have currently installed 1.0 so do i uninstall the 1.0 before i use the beta 1.5 ?

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Selene

ok chill i did try to search but it was 60 pages so its not easy to read all.

anyhow thanks for a great hack.

i found the beta link at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...eta#post935077

now the problem is i have currently installed 1.0 so do i uninstall the 1.0 before i use the beta 1.5 ?

I just have a small tendency to not be happy when people ask redundant questions, when searching the thread will solve most (if not all) issues

You'll want to check "Overwrite existing" when importing the product, and overwrite the .htaccess. Hope that helps

[VTXCafe.com]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

I am looking @ the XML file and their is no such code that has "ORDER BY DATELINE" in it...my guess is you've got an old XML file....

This is the real file you want, latest and greatest RC3..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=924

Ok, I had just upgraded to RC2 I guess, I just installed RC3 so we will give it a shot. Thanks!

[jj]

Well unlucky with rc3... forums are not accessible anymore - posts are... hm...

I've used the htaccess generator...

Maybe next rc or final

[Immortal]

jj: Report the exact issue you was having at the bug tracker. 1.5 final will be released shortly, with little/no changes to RC3.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by jj

Well unlucky with rc3... forums are not accessible anymore - posts are... hm...

I've used the htaccess generator...

Maybe next rc or final

Help us out man, give us more info...

[VTXCafe.com]

Seems to work good so far except "new post" link.

I have it as http://www.vtxcafe.com/search.php?do=getnew but when I click the link it shows as a dead link http://www.vtxcafe.com/search-getnew.html/

That's the only thing I have found so far.

EDIT: Nevermind, some threads are not showing up also, had to turn it off again, members posting about not seeing threads.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by VTXCafe.com

Seems to work good so far except "new post" link.

I have it as http://www.vtxcafe.com/search.php?do=getnew but when I click the link it shows as a dead link http://www.vtxcafe.com/search-getnew.html/

That's the only thing I have found so far.

edit your htacccess

http://www.vtxcafe.com/search-getnew.html <-- works

http://www.vtxcafe.com/search-getnew.html/ <--- doesn't

"/" is causing problems...