vB Easy Archive FINAL - Search Engine Spiderable Hack! Get your posts listed @ google

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[high]HOW GOOD DOES THIS HACK WORK??? >>> [/high]Over 29,000 pages spidered since January 1st!!!!!!! Visit http://www3.google.com/search?hl=en&...e+SkuZZy+Xenon to see all the pages this script has helped get spidered into google!

Sub-Forums have been added!

Final Version Released - February 10th

I added sub-forums in this final version, one of the most requested features to be added... but, sad to say... this will be the final version. I never got a chance to add some of the cool features I said, but I feel this archive has served it's purpose and hopefully will continue to do so for all the die hard users who stick with vb 2.2.9. I decided to make this the final version because vb3 is coming out soon and I think this archive is the best archive currently out. Sure, there are more flashy ones, but this one gets the job done and gets results. Hopefully this hack will live on for a while.
Edit by Xenon: Whenever there is a problem, i'll take a look at it, and perhaps add a feature or two

About this hack

This hack will help get all your threads listed in google and other search engines and get your threads easily spidered! It works by creating an archive and turning all your posts into .html format. It doesn't actually create the .html files though, but google thinks they are real! It uses mod_Rewrite. If you don't have mod_Rewrite, you can't use the scripts (sorry).

What does it do?

The purpose of this hack are to get your keywords from your forums listed in google and get people visiting them! Since these are all pure text and don't use tables or excess font tags, they are very friendly on bandwidth! This will display all your files in a nice text format that google will absolutely love! Visit the online demo below to see it in action!

Online Demos

To view a demo of this script, visit some of the "live" demos at the following sites:

http://www.destee.com/forums/archives
http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/archive/
http://www.truecountry.com/forums/history/
http://www.strategy-forum.de/easy_archive/index.php
http://www.pimprig.com/forums/archive/
http://www.jokersrewards.com/forum/history/
http://board.midibuddy.net/archive2/
http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/archive/
http://www.macfora.com/forums/archive/
http://www.rcgroups.com/archive/
http://www.codewebs.com/forums/archive/
http://www.lcdmod.com/forums/archive/
http://www.source-forums.org/vB/archive/
http://www.subduck.com/history/
http://www.thesistersthree.com/archive/
http://www.a51forums.com/archive/
http://www.yes-its-free.com/easyarchive/
http://www.wcgateway.com/forums/archive
http://www.toyotaimportsforum.co.uk/forum/archive/
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/
http://www.gamesites200.com/archive/
http://www.allthingsmoto.com/archive
http://www.2spoemas.com/foros/archive/
http://www.mysticwicks.com/archive/

Requirements

Apache
vBulletin 2.x
mod_mime installed
.htaccess
5 minutes of your time...


Known Problems/Confusion

Mod_mime - You will NEED mod_mime to run these scripts. Mod_mime is a free module which enables a directive called "ForceType". This allows you to use the .htaccess file included to force your files into php mode, which allows simple URL's, without .php in them. If you can see the front page of your archive, but get an error page when you click on any links then this is your problem. To fix it, you will need to install mod_mime, or ask your host to do it. It's a FREE module. For more information, visit http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html

Private forums - Private forums are NOT shown and they will NOT be spidered. Some people say the private forums show up, that is because you are logged in as the admin and the archive uses permissions. So anyone who has permission to view the private forums on your forums, will beable to view them on the archives also. But if you log out of your account OR log into an account that doesn't have access to them, then you won't beable to view them

Credits

Biggest credit goes to Xenon who originally coded the scripts. He is the man! Also thanks to everyone who tested it out for me and kept bugging me about releasing it (when I was too lazy to).

Agreement

By using these scripts & installing them, you agree to leave the small (virtually unnoticable) copyright text and links at the bottom of all pages. You also agree to leave jelsoft's copyright there as well. You can modify the scripts much as you want, but this portion must remain intact (links must stay) and visible. This is all we ask

Download Final

To install, just download the file below and open the "_readme.txt" file. All is explained there. Installation should only take a couple of minutes. If you have problems with this script, post them in this thread and I will try and get around to answering them.

[NTLDR]

Has anyone got this going under apache2? I've got mod_mime loaded and the index loads but I get a 404 error for the rest of the pages. Apache2 doesn't seem to like stuff like this, I can't get it to protect directories either

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by NTLDR
Has anyone got this going under apache2? I've got mod_mime loaded and the index loads but I get a 404 error for the rest of the pages. Apache2 doesn't seem to like stuff like this, I can't get it to protect directories either

As far as I know, old versions of apache don't seem to work with this. I'm not sure why, it would seem they would. I'll look into it more.

[Ember]

You can change http://a51gaming.madsims.net/forum/archive

to

www.a51forums.com/archive

I am just uploading it now Thought I should notify you of the change!

[Ember]

Change of plan, it wont work for some reason.

Can I get me a copy of the old one?

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by SkuZZy
As far as I know, old versions of apache don't seem to work with this. I'm not sure why, it would seem they would. I'll look into it more.

I had this running on Apache/1.3.26 fine before, I've now switched to a dedicated server with Apache2, the archive wouldn't work at all, I allways got Error 404 for forums and topics, and I couldn't seem to protect directories either.

So I've removed Apache2 and installed Apache/1.3.27 and now I get No forum/thread specified. Again mod_mime is installed and everything else seems to work well.

[Altarion]

Hey scuzzy.... Great hack! If you do a update tho, I suggest (a) changing to this
chdir("../");
require("global.php");

And (b)modifying it so it will display categories in multi-teir layouts, like mine and a few others here (DON"T YELL AT ME, I KNOW HOW I CAN DO IT ONE WAY, but i have co-admins who don't always pay that much attention)

Thanks

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by NTLDR
So I've removed Apache2 and installed Apache/1.3.27 and now I get No forum/thread specified. Again mod_mime is installed and everything else seems to work well.

Worked that one out This doesn't work with register_globals = off.

In showthread and forumdisplay change:

PHP Code:

$REQUEST_URI 


to:

PHP Code:

$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] 


Then it will work

As for Apache2 Error 404s I don't know and am no longer bothered about

[Guidster]

Can you experts out there clue me in as to why I would be listed in Google for the first time about 10 days ago and now I am no longer in the index at all?

The URL that was referenced was the one that I had originally submitted--not the archive one that Google gorged on at the beginning of the month. I just find it odd that I would be there and then suddenly absent. I hope that the archive didn't PO them!

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by Guidster
Can you experts out there clue me in as to why I would be listed in Google for the first time about 10 days ago and now I am no longer in the index at all?

The URL that was referenced was the one that I had originally submitted--not the archive one that Google gorged on at the beginning of the month. I just find it odd that I would be there and then suddenly absent. I hope that the archive didn't PO them!

What you saw was everflux. Your site was never actually in good, they just spidered you and you showed up in their search for a week or so, then disappeared. It happens to all new sites being added. Wait until the end of the month (about one week or less) and all your pages should be added when the "google dance" happens. That is when good updates all their links and adds new pages they indexed throughout the month. It definately was not the archive that did this

[Guidster]

Originally posted by SkuZZy


What you saw was everflux. Your site was never actually in good, they just spidered you and you showed up in their search for a week or so, then disappeared. It happens to all new sites being added. Wait until the end of the month (about one week or less) and all your pages should be added when the "google dance" happens. That is when good updates all their links and adds new pages they indexed throughout the month. It definately was not the archive that did this

Whew! Thanks, Skuzzy! I didn't think that it was, but I am new AND a little paranoid I guess!