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

[girish.r]

Bhuwan, the opera 9 download URL is http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/

[girish.r]

Bhuwan, one thing that need attention is the 'Unknown Location' problem in the 'Currently Active Users' (online.php). I think this is not a htaccess problem. Hope you will fix this!

[redlabour]

The only thing hardly missed is the full functionallity ! I wonder why you guys talking about so small factors like the "Who is online" if this Hack is still not working in anyway.

The hardest Bug is still that you can not use it and everytime you choose Threads you will be redirected to wrong places or non existing Threads.

[sickboy6ths]

Ok to get it working on isapi_rewrite, edit httpd.conf and add this:

RewriteRule ^/(.*)/(styleid=(.*))$ /showthread.php?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/(showthread\.php)$ /showthread.php?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-new.html /showthread.php?t=$3&goto=newpost&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-last.html /showthread.php?t=$3&goto=lastpost&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-print.html/(.*)$ /printthread.php?t=$3&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-print.html /printthread.php?t=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-nextnewest.html /showthread.php?t=$3&goto=nextnewest&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-nextoldest.html /showthread.php?t=$3&goto=nextoldest&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/p-(.*)-post(.*)/postcount(.*).html /showpost.php?p=$2&postcount=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)-page(.*).html /showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*)/page(.*).html /showthread.php?t=$3&page=$4&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html/(.*)$ /showthread.php?t=$3&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/t-(.*)-(.*).html /showthread.php?t=$3&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/f-(.*)-(.*)/misc\.php$ /misc.php?&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/members/(.*)-(.*).html /member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/u-([A-Za-z0-9\_\-]+)-([0-9]+).html /member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/u-(.*)-(.*).html(.*) /member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING}$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^/u-(.*)-(.*).html /member.php?u=$2&is_vrewrite=yes&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^/f-(.*)-(.*)/page(.*).html/(.*)$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$2&&page=$3%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^/f-(.*)-(.*)/(.*)$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$2&&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^/f-(.*)-(.*)/$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}&is_vrewrite=yes [L]
RewriteRule ^/search-(.*).html$ /search.php?do=$1 [L]

In short, the difference between the original config for apache, and the config for isapi rewrite:
(1st = Apache, 2nd = ISAPI)

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

so you need to add 2 slashes in total, one after "RewriteRule ^" and one before the .php file.

Hope this is useful for somebody.

[redlabour]

Mod Version: 1.0

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1.5 Release - vRewrite 1.5 has become stable, and all users under 1.5 RC3 and 1.0 need to upgrade.

Where can i download 1.5 ???? Here is only 1.0 available.

In anyway - is anybody using this Hack with all of it?s bugs ??? :surprised:

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by girish.r

Bhuwan, one thing that need attention is the 'Unknown Location' problem in the 'Currently Active Users' (online.php). I think this is not a htaccess problem. Hope you will fix this!

This is fixed for next release.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by redlabour

The only thing hardly missed is the full functionallity ! I wonder why you guys talking about so small factors like the "Who is online" if this Hack is still not working in anyway.

The hardest Bug is still that you can not use it and everytime you choose Threads you will be redirected to wrong places or non existing Threads.

It works fine for most of us...

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

It works fine for most of us...

For "most of us" is not for everyone. And if you can see in this Thread there are a lot of other Bugs still open that makes it absolutely useless.

Remembering that you wanted to fix the "wrong URL" Bug a few Month ago before Final 1.0 ???

[Smitty]

redlabour - I'm not sure what your complaint is. This is a free hack that is being tested and actively supported. I haven't installed it yet because there are bugs. But I don't see a reason to stand back and call it "totally useless". If it's totally useless to you, 'Unsubscribe' from the thread and let those who are interested carry on.

I suggest if you want something that's tested and fully functional, buy vbseo. Oh, but you'll have to PAY for that...

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Smitty

redlabour - I'm not sure what your complaint is. This is a free hack that is being tested and actively supported. I haven't installed it yet because there are bugs. But I don't see a reason to stand back and call it "totally useless". If it's totally useless to you, 'Unsubscribe' from the thread and let those who are interested carry on.

I suggest if you want something that's tested and fully functional, buy vbseo. Oh, but you'll have to PAY for that...

Thank you