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

[Gayble]

Does vRewrite still have that advertisement/link each time a reply is posted, or whenever vBulletin is redirecting?

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Gayble

Does vRewrite still have that advertisement/link each time a reply is posted, or whenever vBulletin is redirecting?

You mean the link @ the bottom? That will always be there...

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

That will always be there...

Unless they pay the $20 removal fee

[VTXCafe.com]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

edit your htacccess

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

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

"/" is causing problems...

I copied the htaccess again and I'm not sure where the "/" is that needs to be removed. It's copied exactly like the file I downloaded so any suggestions would be great.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by VTXCafe.com

I copied the htaccess again and I'm not sure where the "/" is that needs to be removed. It's copied exactly like the file I downloaded so any suggestions would be great.

Here's the fix (htaccess generator also fixes this)

RewriteRule ^search-(.*).html/$ search.php?do=$1 [L]

Replace wit old version

[VTXCafe.com]

Ok, I did that and the search works but now it has "computer-topicshelp" at the top left.


http://www.vtxcafe.com/search.php?searchid=9868

Also, when I click the new link I get this:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

And thanks for helping with this!

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by VTXCafe.com

Ok, I did that and the search works but now it has "computer-topicshelp" at the top left.


http://www.vtxcafe.com/search.php?searchid=9868

Also, when I click the new link I get this:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

And thanks for helping with this!

What is the exact link? the search returned no results for me....(the text @ the top of the screen is expected and already fixed...just remove the echo statemnet)

[VTXCafe.com]

I have it turned off, the link above will show new post but when you click it I get the no thread comment, I disabled it again because members were posting thet could not read some threads.

If you are online now I will turn it on then you can click the link and see the results.

[saidev]

Installed it on my board. I've looked around a bit and trying to find a sitemap generator for this extension, and saw something on this thead about vbseo ported for this tool? Could anyone point to the right direction where I can obtain that? Thank you.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by saidev

Installed it on my board. I've looked around a bit and trying to find a sitemap generator for this extension, and saw something on this thead about vbseo ported for this tool? Could anyone point to the right direction where I can obtain that? Thank you.

Still waiting on vBSEO