vB Easy Archive - Search Engine Spiderable Hack!

Ok, as a lot of users have installed my vB Easy Archive Hack i've decided to release a vB3.5 Version as well. Note that vB3.5 is currently in beta, and so is my hack as well!

As vB3 already comes with an build in Archive System, it's not that needed than it was in vb2, but for all of you, who have installed the vb2 version and don't want to loose their indexed Pages, this one is for you

I'm lazy and therefore will copy the Releasetext of vb2 by SkuZZy.

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_mime. If you don't have mod_mime, you will still be able to install this hack, just read the install.txt for help then.

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 Demo

To view a demo of this script, visit this site:
http://www.strategy-forum.de/easy_archive/

Requirements

Apache
vBulletin 3.x
mod_mime installed (not absolutelly required, but recommended)
.htaccess
5 minutes of your time...


Known Problems/Confusion

Mod_mime - It is recommended to have mod_mime installed 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
If you want to run vb Easy Archive without mod_mie, please look into the install.txt

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

Forumlist yes, but threadlist no - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=91
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=153

Credits
SkuZZy aka Adam J. de Jaray, who gets my Special Thanks for his modifications, releasing and of course his Support to my Script's vb2 version. Note, he does not have anything to do with the vb3 version, but without him, there wouldn't have been the vb2 version and therefore i would never have released the one for vb3

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 I ask

Download Final

To install, just download the file below and open the "install.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.

[BamaStangGuy]

I get invalid threads as well when logged out or logged in as a non Admin or supermod! Which makes this hack basically pointless right now :devious:

[monstergamer]

Originally Posted by BrentWilson

I get invalid threads as well when logged out or logged in as a non Admin or supermod! Which makes this hack basically pointless right now :devious:

hi there Brent, i had the same problem so i did a little edit in the TOPIC file
find

PHP Code:

if ((!$thread['visible'] OR $thread['isdeleted']) AND !can_moderate($thread['forumid']))
{
    archive_output('Invalid thread!');
} 


and take it up and upload again, tell me if that works for you like it did for me

[BamaStangGuy]

Ok cool that worked.

Now how do I hide my private forums from people that do not have permission to view them?

I know they can not access them but I do not want them to be seen period

[BamaStangGuy]

Uncached templates: bbcode_quote (3)

Get this when viewing an thread

and I still would like to know why my guests and regular members can see my private forums on the archive forum page.

They can not access them once they click the link but they see they exists.

This is not good

[fsw]

Originally Posted by krohnathlonman

So far I've found where you've hard coded /forum/ so the people like me have to find wherever you've hardcoded that and insert .php

Originally Posted by Xenon

i think i just hardcoded it in config.php

Change Line 59 index.php to this, and then you have.

PHP Code:

            $forumbits .= '<li /><a href="' . $archive_options['archiveurl'] . '/'.$archive_options['forumfile'].'/' . $forum['forumid'] . '-1.html">' . $forum['title'] . '</a>'; 


[fsw]

Also, on your mod to do whatever on extensions.

Why?

Options +MultiViews

In .htaccess or httpd.conf will make it so you can have

http://example.com/_Hi_I_am_a_file_.php

and call it like this

http://example.com/_Hi_I_am_a_file_/and/I/am/lovely/little/variables/that/get/parsed/out/grabing/PHP_SELF/and/I/can/even/still/do/this?userid=1

[fsw]

You can use the above in any script, with out changing the script, by instead of a url shaped like

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=769734

you instead shape it like

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/newreply/do/newreply/noquote/1/p/769734

and then on the top of each script

PHP Code:

<?
$vars=str_replace("/forum/newreply/","",$PHP_SELF);
$x=explode("/",$vars);
for ($i=0;$i<count($x);$i=$i+2) {
$var=$x[$i];
$val=$x[($i+1)];
$$var=$val;
}

?>

and you have your variables, simple

I used to run something like that on vb 2 back in the old day before the internet.

[fsw]

(note:I know there is like 1200 better ways to write the above, better methods, etc - but I perfer to stick with as few commands in my toolbox as possible, and master what I can do with them, instead of trying to use the whole scope of the language, and master nothing)

[xtreme-mobile]

when i click a thread in the archive i get page cannot be displayed any ideas what ive done wrong?

cheers

[xtreme-mobile]

ok got past this error now but when i click and actuall post it says "invalid post"

any ideas?