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.

Best,
vBorg Staff

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.

[mfizzel]

does the paid version work with DC's url rewrite? If not I won't consider purchasing.

[Otikeu]

Originally Posted by T2DMan

Per the check boxes this is not a plugin. It is an external program that you define parameters on the files then run via your browser.

Then why did you put this in the vB3.5 Plugins forum? Also, if this is still in beta, it should be in the 3.5 beta forum.

[eXtremeTim]

Originally Posted by Otikeu

Then why did you put this in the vB3.5 Plugins forum? Also, if this is still in beta, it should be in the 3.5 beta forum.

The beta thing helps when we have a beta forum lol

[T2DMan]

Originally Posted by Cedric_FP

So what does the paid version contain that this version doesn't?

If the free version works fine for you, fab. However, there is a natural progression with software, bug fixes, enhancements. For instance, the above version will probably stop due to running out of memory with forums over a certain size.

The pagination was almost right, but if there were to many deleted posts in a forum the forum/archive pagination would be a little different.

The new version also creates the files in a subdirectory rather than the root, a little safer to make a directory chmod 777 than the root.

It is also better setup for running of the scheduled task.

I have also personally added it to a number of clients sites, and so adapted it for more permentations of servers/software versions.

[T2DMan]

Originally Posted by Otikeu

Then why did you put this in the vB3.5 Plugins forum?

Probably fit better within the extensions forum, but that had only just been started when I submitted this.

[Unexplained.tv]

With all due Respect- there is no way in a Blue Hell that I would even consider purchasing this. vbSEO was worth it- your addon isn't, I feel that if you release a Mod/addon here then you should release a final on here (unless it is a dead project) for the members and not leave it in beta, while you have a paid final version on your site.
This should be rule of the community.

[lazytown]

With all due respect to T2DMan (whom I think highly of), I have to agree to some extent with the post above. Not so much about never purchasing, but about the way a lot of developers seem to be using vbulletin.org. I see a nasty trend of using it to develop/test something, then charging people who have been helping development once it is finished (or usable). If a post is created regarding a mod/hack at vbulletin.org by the author, it should be released free as the initial post states once it is finished. Otherwise I think it only fair that the post is removed entirely because then it just becomes a big advertisement posing as a free mod. If they then later want to do a major upgrade it (not just fix it), then I see no problem for them charging for new versions with new features. I don't like the way vbulletin.org is basically being used to advertise and lure users without offering them anything substantial (sort of like bait and switch). I just think things need to be more upfront.

Sincerely
-Vissa

Please be patient as the staff discusses the current situation. For the time being I've removed the link to the paid modification it is site/hack promotion.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by T2DMan

Its surprising how complicated it can get to do it all well.

So the one that is done well, is a paid hack and the one that isn't is free, right? Sounds to me like you used vb.org to work the bugs out so you could charge for the completed product. Not good.

[Cedric_FP]

Originally Posted by Boofo

So the one that is done well, is a paid hack and the one that isn't is free, right? Sounds to me like you used vb.org to work the bugs out so you could charge for the completed product. Not good.

Agreed. Essentially, we were used. Taken advantage of.