vBulletin Google Site Map

There are a few vBulletin Google Site maps around, but none as comprehensive as this that I have seen. This vBulletin Google site map is based on Kalius's work on discussed on his site and at Digitalpoint

FYI, the vBulletin Google Site Map modification contains at least one potential remote file include exploit. You are hereby notified that you should uninstall this modification, including the removal of the vBulletin Google Site Map PHP files from your server. The author of the modification has been notified, and the vBulletin Google Site Map thread has been moved to the Modification Graveyard forum.

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vBulletin Google site map
with ability to add extra urls
(c) by T2DMan - Michael Brandon

8Nov05+13hrsGMT - update. Added support for Yahoo Sitemap & bug fix
7Nov05+13hrsGMT - update. Thanks for your help.

I have attached 1 version with 2 different preset configs for your convenience. vBSEO and non vBSEO configs.

Configure in the vbgsitemap-config.php file.
$base=""; // "" if in root, $base="forum/"; //if in the subdirectory forum

It now works well with forum permissions, and the vBulletin's scheduled task system. I have personally installed the reviewed vBGSiteMap on a site with over 200,000 urls. Copes with the large number of urls with no problems.

The vBGSiteMap works well with vbSEO, and it lists all the old url's to allow Google to spider the old url's and so find the 301 redirects to the new, and so delete the old url's from its index.

Compared to the previous versions

• Sitemap files now written into their own directory - means this can be safely chmod 777 - thanks Sarah King
• config and class files separated out
• new help file written
• many corrections made to the code - amazing what sitting on a piece of code can do, and amazing what you can learn from personally installing on many different servers.
• Can now work on mysql versions from 3.23.58 to 5+
  

Specifications

• works with v3.03 - 3.5
• access to this file is password protected

the same password as the database via the vBulletin includes/config.php file

• creates an index file and multiple gzipped site maps to less than the maximum permitted by Google (I have in fact restricted it to 3k url's, rather than 50k as my browser takes a while to process the file when checking it)
• creates a gzipped file containing the urls for Yahoo Sitemap

• the site map files are created in the /vbgsitemap/files directory which needs to be chmod to 777

adds

• forums - with paginations of forums (excluding redirects and password protected forums)
• threads - with pagination of threads (excluding invisible threads=soft deleted, and threads inside password protected forums)
• archive forum pages with paginations
• archive versions of threads with paginations
• members

extra

• extra urls from other program types
• add a new url per line onto file.txt, and a gzipped file will be created for it, and added to the site index file.

How to install

• unzip the files
• copy the vbgsitemap folder to your root directory
• chmod the vbgsitemap/files directory to 777
• copy vbgsitemap.php to your root directory
• copy the includes/cron/vbgsitemap-cron.php file to your vbulletin includes/cron/ directory
• look over the configuration options on the /vbgsitemap/vbgsitemap-config.php file
  • $base="" or "forum/" - if your forum is the actual root, or in the forum directory etc.
  • $addthreadarchive=false; - whether you want the archive version of the threads to be added or not.
  • the rest should not need to be changed
  • change to $xtrafile="file.txt"; if you have additional urls that you want included from another package, get a list of those url's and add them to file.txt.
• Then access the /vbgsitemap/index.php file in your browser to get things happening.
• The username/password is the username/password of your database.
• Add the resulting one index file to Google sitemaps: http://www.yourdomain.com/vbgsitemap.php
• Add the other file to Yahoo sitemaps
  http://www.yourdomain.com/vbgsitemap/files/urllist.gz
• A cron job can be setup in the vbulletin scheduled tasks
  
  
  • ./includes/cron/vbgsitemap-cron.php
  • depending on the number of posts/new threads to your forum, set to run daily or weekly etc. The cron will automatically ping Google and return success/failure into the cron log.

[Moparx]

Originally Posted by michaelbenson

Anyone mind helping me out?

is the $v variable in vbsitemap-multi.php set to the following (since you run 3.5.0)?
$v='3.5';0;

[michaelbenson]

Originally Posted by Moparx

is the $v variable in vbsitemap-multi.php set to the following (since you run 3.5.0)?
$v='3.5';0;

I got confused i used to have it like so;

PHP Code:

$v='';3.5;//vBulletin version 3.5 (or leave as zero for v3.3-3.7) 


[cynix2]

chang it to this:

$v='3.5';//3.5;//vBulletin version 3.5 (or leave as zero for v3.3-3.7)

Installed and worked Excellent thanks T2Dman.

For other people out there this hack is excellent and T2D also offers some tips on upgrades here: http://forum.time2dine.co.nz/seo-vbu...-5-a-2460.html

[Unexplained.tv]

T2DMan usually releases decent hacks/mods/plugins and has good infromation, yet this hack/mod in its current state, is simply not worth having. I'll have to stay away from this, until an update is in place.

[Vtec44]

It's working great for me (vb3.5RC3)

[cynix2]

I was able to install and run this hack within 5 minutes and it did everything it was suposed to. Im still waiting on conformation from google that the site was indexed however I for one really recomend this hack.

[Unexplained.tv]

Yea, and as we will notice, you both are using the RC3- I wonder why so many people don't upgrade to the final "GOLD" release.... For some reason, it doesn't appear to work with the Gold release.

[cynix2]

Heh sorry im not using RC3 on this site, My main one is RC3 though. I did run into a proublem with the indes that this file created. appearently google didnt like the second timestamp that this hack made. Im going to be looking into why the syntax is wrong and get back to you.

*edit*

The only diffrence I have found between T2Dman's sitemap index and google's example is the second date. Appearently google only wants a year-month-day and not a YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS-HH:MM:SS

Again I have resubmited this and im waiting to see if google likes it or not.

[Vtec44]

Google has been downloading the XML file from my site for the last 2 weeks. It seems like they download the file every 12 hours for about 5 days straight, then take a couple of days off, then go back to the routine again. So far, I'm seeing double the number of indexed page of my website on google. I'm not sure if it's because of this mod or my other submissions.

[dastar]

Originally Posted by Colejo

If this could be confirmed to work with Gold with the given instructions I'll be all over installing this. I showed my members the map on this site and they loved it.

http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/

I think you misunderstand what this hack actually does