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

[contrai]

oh no i don't have edit

[KTBleeding]

I upgraded and there were issues with the paging. I had about 12 members IM me all at once, "The site links are going crazy! Old threads are coming up!"

Apparently the paging (1,2,3,4,5 etc) take you to extremely old threads. Couple years old, actually.

Just thought I'd report it.

EDIT:

The paging inside the topics themselves.. not forum pages.

[Gayble]

Originally Posted by ryuji

you dont look for them in the php files go to admincp>styles and templates>style manager click on the drop down click edit templates then you will find SHOWTHREAD under 'show thread templates' and newreply and newthread under 'new posting templates'

Thankyou ryuji!

[rootnik]

Originally Posted by Immortal

404 errors? Did you change the rewrite base in the .htaccess?

And I believe that error is something wrong with the plugin I have uploaded...I'll have to take a look shortly.

Some of my member looks look like this

http://www.friendcodes.com/forums/me...corey-1.html05

That person's user name is not "corey". THat is actually my user name.

Then when ever I click on a link I get this standard error

Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

This is with the new 1.0 preview

[KoC]

Thanks for this new release. I love this Plugin

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by KTBleeding

I upgraded and there were issues with the paging. I had about 12 members IM me all at once, "The site links are going crazy! Old threads are coming up!"

Apparently the paging (1,2,3,4,5 etc) take you to extremely old threads. Couple years old, actually.

Just thought I'd report it.

EDIT:

The paging inside the topics themselves.. not forum pages.

Hm, weird. Although my doesn't rewrite, but I can see that there is a bug. I'll look more into it shortly.

Originally Posted by rootnik

Some of my member looks look like this

http://www.friendcodes.com/forums/m.../corey-1.html05

That person's user name is not "corey". THat is actually my user name.

I've seen this a few times. However, I cannot reproduce this on a unhacked forum.

Originally Posted by rootnik

Then when ever I click on a link I get this standard error


Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

This is with the new 1.0 preview

Make sure you changed your RewriteBase in the .htaccess and uploaded it correctly.

[croportal]

i didnt install version 1.0 because i have dean C version

immortal is this good and stable version

[Snake]

Bah this mod is still messed up. Better buy vBSEO 'cause I haven't got any other choice.

[tomasn]

hi,

i have Vb 3.5.3 and installed vRewrite 1.0 preview and got the error message "Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator". This is the same problem as rootnik got. .htaccess is ok and working corectly. Forum is on "http://subd.domain.com/" and RewriteBase /
?

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by croportal

i didnt install version 1.0 because i have dean C version

immortal is this good and stable version

It's what I would consider stable. So far only 1 bug has been found since last night and I don't aniticipate anymore. The only reason it was not released as stable since that one bug still exist.

Originally Posted by Aftermath

Bah this mod is still messed up. Better buy vBSEO 'cause I haven't got any other choice.

What is "messed up"?

Originally Posted by tomasn

hi,

i have Vb 3.5.3 and installed vRewrite 1.0 preview and got the error message "Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator". This is the same problem as rootnik got. .htaccess is ok and working corectly. Forum is on "http://subd.domain.com/" and RewriteBase /
?

Let me double check the .htaccess I've uploaded, but it should be working just fine.