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

[Daniel]

Nicely done. Will be installing.

[Reeve of shinra]

Its good to see more hacks that the community will benifit from having. ^^

[GamerJunk.net]

I will only install this when you are able to change the member page to read the name of the member rather than the current member=uXXX

[derekivey]

Originally Posted by RasMasta

I will only install this when you are able to change the member page to read the name of the member rather than the current member=uXXX

I think it does. Are you sure it's not?

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by RasMasta

I will only install this when you are able to change the member page to read the name of the member rather than the current member=uXXX

It should be that way now.

u-member-name-id.html

Is the member.php not rewritting for you?

[o0oicebergo0o]

Question

Note: If you run your vB on a directory from a subdomain or root ex: http:///www.yoursite.com/forum or http://subdomain.site.com/forum you will need to open up the .htacess file and change Rewrite Base / to Rewrite Base /yourdir

Does that I have to change the file if my board sits at http://www.mysite.com/board
? Becuase I installed this (yes, followed all steps and I know I have mod rewrite) and it killed my board giving it mysql connection errors. Backsteped to remove the mod and it is okay just wondering.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by o0oicebergo0o

Question

Does that I have to change the file if my board sits at http://www.mysite.com/board
Becuase I installed this (yes, followed all steps and I know I have mod rewrite) and it killed my board giving it mysql connection errors. Backsteped to remove the mod and it is okay just wondering.

Yes, but if you did it wrong or anything of the sort, you'll just get 404s when you click on any forum etc. You shouldn't be getting any type of MySQL errors, can you copy and paste the full error you got if you wouldn't mind?

[o0oicebergo0o]

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/site/public_html/board/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Wednesday, January 4th 2006 @ 10:05:33 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/board/forumdisplay.php
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/board/index.php?
IP Address :
Username :
Classname : vb_database

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO session
(sessionhash, userid, host, idhash, lastactivity, location, styleid, languageid, loggedin, inforum, inthread, incalendar, badlocation, useragent, bypass)
VALUES
('059cfyfyt6r6gfhfg2184ce295a', 1550, '84.9.228.49', '6eb870060e006de590b61b847be82a5a', 1136433903, '/board/forumdisplay.php?f=36&page=3&order=desc', 0, 0, 0, 36, 0, 0, 0, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)', 0);

MySQL Error : Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Error Number : 2002
Date : Wednesday, January 4th 2006 @ 10:05:08 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/board/forumdis...e=3&order=desc
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/board/forumdis...e=2&order=desc
IP Address :
Username : User 1
Classname : vb_database

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE session
SET lastactivity = 1136433907, inforum = 0, inthread = 0, incalendar = 0, badlocation = 0
WHERE sessionhash = 'af513ec1f3b59e89ae5668ed2cfa6eb3';

MySQL Error : Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Error Number : 2002
Date : Wednesday, January 4th 2006 @ 10:05:08 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/board/showthread.php
Referrer :
IP Address :
Username : User 2
Classname : vb_database

Just 3 out of 100 errors which were sent to me via email. I removed it within less then a minute so as you can see everytime someone attempted to access the board an error occured.

[GamerJunk.net]

all the links you put up I checked those sites and they don't have it with the member name. I have not installed this yet.

Do you have any working sites that are showing the member page with the member name rather than the id?

[GamerJunk.net]

Also your issue with the redirect, you didn't post the thread link so we could reply for you