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

[allstar55]

Bad Extension:

http://www.techhelpforum.com/f-windo...itions-13.html
http://www.techhelpforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13

PHP-URL must forward to HTML URL

Double content, Google hate double content.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by allstar55

Bad Extension:

http://www.techhelpforum.com/f-windo...itions-13.html
http://www.techhelpforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13

PHP-URL must forward to HTML URL

Double content, Google hate double content.

Please read the first post, I am aware of the issue.

Originally Posted by Immortal

...however I do try and tinker with the latest release on my live board before releasing it to y'all...

I am hoping to get that issue fixed on Saturday, and then release an update. Put simply, I don't have the time this week with clients.

[jj]

On your board in every forum, for example this one: http://www.techhelpforum.com/f-windows-xp-11.html only the first showthread link is being replaced. The second stay in original state.

1st http://www.techhelpforum.com/windows...of-xp-439.html

2nd http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=1147

Haven't read all the posts in this topic so don't know if you are already aware of that problem.

[Immortal]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=262

Just haven't had the time to fix it yet.

[Immortal]

I cannot duplicate any issues on my dev board. So I am assuming it is my live board, as another forum is running it perfectly fine. I'll upgrade to 3.5.3 later this evening to see if that fixes it.

[Smiry Kin's]

could ya make is so profile are e.g /admin.html and not /u-admin-1.html ?

please??? or where/how do i change?

[rlamego]

Smiry, the id needs to be there otherwise it won't work.

Immortal, remember this post on the 15th?
I know you have been busy, this is just a friendly reminder! =)

[ConqSoft]

Originally Posted by rlamego

Smiry, the id needs to be there otherwise it won't work.

Not really. It can be done without the ID:

http://www.fireblades.org/forums/members/conqsoft.html

[rlamego]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Not really. It can be done without the ID:

http://www.fireblades.org/forums/members/conqsoft.html

Yes it can, if you are using vBSEO. But we're talking about vRewrite, right? =)
Aren't you tired of promoting vBSEO?

[ConqSoft]

I'm just showing proof that it CAN be done. If one product can do it, then another can? No? The previous statement that the ID *needs* to be in the URL is incorrect.