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

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Smitty

But I don't see a reason to stand back and call it "totally useless". If it's totally useless to you,

We are talking about a Hack that Rewrites URL?s.

In fact this Hack damages and does not optimize Search Engine Crawlability.

Free or Commercial - Users have to be warned about using this and get lost their Search Engine Placements that they have before they use this Hack.

In Fact - Free/GPL/OpenSource does not mean unprofessional. All i think is that there has to be a clear warning at the Top of this Hack.

It is useless and dangerous at productive Projects at this Time.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by redlabour

We are talking about a Hack that Rewrites URL?s.

In fact this Hack damages and does not optimize Search Engine Crawlability.

Free or Commercial - Users have to be warned about using this and get lost their Search Engine Placements that they have before they use this Hack.

In Fact - Free/GPL/OpenSource does not mean unprofessional. All i think is that there has to be a clear warning at the Top of this Hack.

It is useless and dangerous at productive Projects at this Time.

you still haven't told me what the excat problem is...nor does it seem like you've even tried 1.5.

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

you still haven't told me what the excat problem is...nor does it seem like you've even tried 1.5.

Nice joke !

I told you the Problem and a lot of others have it to. At 1.0 and 1.5.
Every Thread opened results in a non existing Thread-ID if it is not choosen from his Forum.

vRewrite is incompatible with TopXStats and vBAdvanced-Last-Postings and a lot of more Placements.

You know this Bug and told us more than one Time that this Bug would be fixed at 1.5 but it is not.

And if you read the other Bugs you see that this is not the only reason why no one should install this at a productive Project.

1.5 - nice i told you this Bug immediatley after the Release and you see it and sayed you want fix it in the next Days. No you say i did not test it ??

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...216#post951216

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...143#post951143

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...857#post950857

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...008#post908008

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Nice joke !

I told you the Problem and a lot of others have it to. At 1.0 and 1.5.
Every Thread opened results in a non existing Thread-ID if it is not choosen from his Forum.

vRewrite is incompatible with TopXStats and vBAdvanced-Last-Postings and a lot of more Placements.

You know this Bug and told us more than one Time that this Bug would be fixed at 1.5 but it is not.

And if you read the other Bugs you see that this is not the only reason why no one should install this at a productive Project.

1.5 - nice i told you this Bug immediatley after the Release and you see it and sayed you want fix it in the next Days. No you say i did not test it ??

Why dont you just uninstall this and be on your way?

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by girish.r

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

your right, there seems to be a problem with opera

[girish.r]

redlabour, if you have got some complaints and are fussy about it the don't use this mod. Else try the help and be patient.

Bhuwan where can I download 1.5?

[girish.r]

Sorry, never realized that the main download was 1.5. Bhuwan may be you need to update the 'Mod Version' number on the top of this page to 1.5.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by girish.r

Sorry, never realized that the main download was 1.5. Bhuwan may be you need to update the 'Mod Version' number on the top of this page to 1.5.

I think I've found a fix for the Opera problem...I will post soon
dont have access to change the mod version...
[high]* Bhuwan pokes immortal for that[/high]

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

Why dont you just uninstall this and be on your way?

Oh ok - i understand. You do not know how to fix the Bugs. Hey, no Prob. But go ahead and enter a WARNING to your Mod-Description before more Users are destroying their SE Rankings.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by redlabour

:tired: You did not understand anything, right ?

Hint : I did not longer use it. But i do not like to the other Users destroy their Rankings.

Thanks. Now all that's left is that you GO AWAY and STAY AWAY.