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vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin · **Released**: 01-04-2006

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:

Code:

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

vasudeva · #**1052** 04-16-2006, 02:31 PM

Also getting 'Not Found' errors.

Just installed the new 1.5 release on a clean build of vB 3.53. I don't have any hacks installed I can imagine conflicting.

The product is enabled through the admincp.

mod_rewrite is working on other vhosts on the same box.

I've got the forumroot under a directory called 'f'.

I made the edits to the three templates mentioned in the install.html.

I've tried using both the default .htaccess rewrite rules and the ones generated by the auto-generator in the other thread.

If I navigate to /f/, I see the forum display as I expect.

If I click on a link to a subforum, I get:

Code:

Not Found

The requested URL /f/f-boston-beer-party-15.html was not found on this server.

If I click on a link to the latest updated thread in the 'Last Post' column, I get:

Code:

Not Found

The requested URL /showthread.php was not found on this server.

I've tried adding 'RewriteBase /f' to the .htacces as specified in the install.html, but with that option, I get:

Code:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

and the apache2 error log shows:

Code:

mod_rewrite: maximum number of internal redirects reached. Assuming configuration error. Use 'RewriteOptions MaxRedirects' to increase the limit if neccessary.

(Incidentally, the install.html lists that option with a space, as 'Rewrite Base', which causes Apache to report an error. Probably want to fix that...)

Now, if I manually prepend the /f/ directory onto the rules, like so:

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(showthread\.php)$ f/showthread.php?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

then clicking on the link on forumdisplay's 'Last Post' column does work as desired, but only for that one rule. Everything else I can think to try still breaks.

Let me know if I've left any info out.

redlabour · #**1053** 04-16-2006, 02:38 PM

Is it a german Board ?

cd1986 · #**1054** 04-16-2006, 05:37 PM

@vasudeva - Does your .htaccess file include RewriteBase /f (if it wasn't generated automatically)?

Got the official 1.5 working nicely on my test forum, also been trying to play about with the file name output...things like threadname-tid instead of t-threadname-id...again it's working fine on my test board, although i get db errors when trying to actvate it on my main board.

But as far as the default mod goes, working just as it should - thanks for producing it.

vasudeva · #**1055** 04-16-2006, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redlabour

Is it a german Board ?

No, American English. Haven't touched any language or internationalization settings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cd1986

@vasudeva - Does your .htaccess file include RewriteBase /f (if it wasn't generated automatically)?

Yes, as posted:

Quote:

Originally Posted by vasudeva

Also getting 'Not Found' errors.

[...]

I've tried adding 'RewriteBase /f' to the .htacces as specified in the install.html, but with that option, I get:

Code:

Internal Server Error

It didn't work and in fact produced some sort of looping situation. It was not auto-generated by the helper script.

cd1986 · #**1056** 04-16-2006, 06:28 PM

Sorry, didn't see that part of the post 1st time round. Have you tried adding $myurl to the front of the re-written paths instead of /f/ ?

EDIT: btw, i think the product file contains two showthread.php?f=xyz&page= url replacements. Once i changed the top one to showthread.php?t=xyz&page= i could access all thread pages, whereas before i got invalid link errors.

PHP Code:


			
        #------------------------------
    # Replace showthread.php?t=XYZ&page=
    #------------------------------

    $found = preg_match_all('#<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)&amp;page=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);

    if($found) {
        $ids = array();
        $test = array();
        for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++) {
            if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i])) {
                $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

                $tid =$matches[1][$i];
                $test["$tid"]["page$i"] = $matches[2][$i];
                        }
        }
        for ($i = 0; $i < (count($ids)); $i++) {
            $fname = urlize($GLOBALS[foruminfo][title]); 
            $title = urlize($GLOBALS[vRewrite_thread]["$ids[$i]"][title]);
            $tid = $ids[$i];
            $page = $test["$ids[$i]"]["page$i"];
                           $parentid = $GLOBALS[foruminfo][forumid];
            if (empty($fname)) {
                            $parentid = $GLOBALS[vRewrite_thread]["$ids[$i]"][ownerid];
                            $fname = urlize($GLOBALS[vRewrite_forum][$parentid][title]);

            }

            $new = (($vbulletin->options['vRewrite_showthread'] == 1) ? $fname : 'f-' . $fname . '-' . $parentid);
            if($vbulletin->options['vRewrite_page'] == "1") {
                $output = str_replace("<a href=\"showthread.php?t={$tid}&amp;=$page\"", "<a href=\"$new/$title-page$page-t$tid{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension_showthread']}\"", $output);
            } else {
                $output = str_replace("<a href=\"showthread.php?t={$tid}&amp;page=$page\"", "<a href=\"$new/$title-t$tid/page$page{$vbulletin->options['vRewrite_extension_showthread']}\"", $output);
            }
        }
    }

Bhuwan · #**1057** 04-16-2006, 08:28 PM

Will support people more soon. I am a bit busy these days. My apologies.
/me hopes Tyler (Immortal) can help

jdingman · #**1058** 04-16-2006, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Not Found
The requested URL /search-getnew.html/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

anyone else getting this?

Bhuwan · #**1059** 04-16-2006, 10:50 PM

if you are NOT rewriting member.php, you need the following in your htaccess file

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(member\.php)$ member.php?$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

jdingman · #**1060** 04-16-2006, 10:51 PM

Bhuwan, was that towards me? I am rewriting members.php and that works fine, it was just the search portion that wasn't working...

morrow · #**1061** 04-17-2006, 03:02 AM

Ok, I've installed and it appears to be working fine now. I'll test more in tomorrow. Just one question...

How will a post like this "http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulletin/north-eastern-general-discussion-forum/t-fishing-regulation-question-4368.html"

get spidered?

If I do a google search for, "North Eastern...etc..." Will it come up, or do people have to search for, "north-eastern-...etc..."?

Why the dashes? Also, do I really need the prefix's before each link. Can I remove the dashes? Would it make sense?

Submitting to google like this... SHould I submit, www.mysite.com or www.mysite.com/vBulletin

Thanks!

Thanks!

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