Integration with vBulletin - Accelerated Mobile Pages for vBulletin

What is AMP?
https://www.ampproject.org/

Info
When Google announced AMP, I realized I'd eventually need AMP support for my vBulletin forum. After reading the AMP implementation docs, I decided to modify printthread.php file since It only displays the basic elements and contents of a thread. So, you got the idea...

Implementation

1. You will upload 1 file to forum root: amp.php
2. You will edit /includes/class_bbcode.php and edit/replace a few lines.
3. You will add two new templates, and edit a few.
4. You will probably want to customize the <style amp-custom> CSS in ampthread template.

Demo

1. Visit any thread from https://www.msxlabs.org homepage.
2. Scroll down to footer; you will see the AMP link at the left bottom corner, click on it. It will open the AMP version of the thread.
3. The link is there for quick access to AMP version of a thread, It is not mandatory, nor It is used by AMP recognation.

Installation

1. Download and extract the ZIP file.
2. Upload the amp.php file to your forum root folder (same folder with showthread.php)
3. Add a new template called "ampthread" and copy the template content from ampthread_template.txt file.
4. Add a new template called "ampthreadbit" and copy the template content from ampthreadbit_template.txt file.
5. Edit your bbcode_quote template and replace It's content with bbcode_quote.txt file's.
6. Edit includes/class_bbcode.php, find:
   PHP Code:

   if ($do_imgcode AND ($this->registry->userinfo['userid'] == 0 OR $this->registry->userinfo['showimages'])) 

   replace with:
   PHP Code:

   if ($do_imgcode AND ($this->registry->userinfo['userid'] == 0 OR $this->registry->userinfo['showimages']) OR THIS_SCRIPT == 'amp') //amp hack 

   find:
   PHP Code:

   return '<img src="' .  $link . '" border="0" alt="" />'; 

   replace with:

   if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'amp') {    return '<amp-img layout="responsive" src="' .  $link . '" width="300" height="250" alt=""></amp-img>';}    else { return '<img src="' .  $link . '" border="0" alt="" />';    } //amp hack

7. Save and upload class_bbcode.php (overwrite).
8. Edit SHOWTHREAD template and add

   <link rel="amphtml" href="http://www.vbulletin.com/amp.php?t=$threadid<if condition="$pagenumber>1">&amp;page=$pagenumber</if>" />

   before </head>. Don't forget to change "yourforum.com" URL with yours.
9. Edit ampthread template and change "vbulletin.com" with your forum URL:

   <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.vbulletin.com/showthread.php?t=$threadinfo[threadid]<if condition="$pagenumber>1">&page=$pagenumber</if>" />

10. You will find some comments in amp.php and ampthread template; modify them according to your needs (optional).

Notes
I installed a fresh vBulletin 3.8 to my localhost and tested this mod. It should work just fine unless your vBulletin is highly modified. If you get validation errors, I believe you can fix them by looking at the examples (comments).


Does it work?

1. Open a thread from your forum.
2. Replace the "showthread.php" with "amp.php" in the address bar, hit enter.
3. Add "#development=1" at the end of the URL and refresh the page.
4. Open Chrome DevTools, check the console log, it should say "AMP validation successful."

Screenshots
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Credits
Accelerated Mobile Pages for vBulletin 3.8 is created by NeutralizeR from https://www.msxlabs.org

[nw-fotografie]

Great job! Thanks a lot!

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Helped via PM.

Note: I can't answer all questions via PM but I'll try to help you fix the validation issues. I believe we covered most of them. Some plugins globally add codes/lines to many vB pages, including AMP. You should exclude them for AMP threads.

[Masterix]

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

You don't actually need to rewrite AMP pages. AMP pages will be served by Google once they are crawled.

[...]
Thats right but you need to change your vBSEO-settings to get AMPlike-URLs
See there https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=13

Thanks again for your top Addon ! :up:

[unp]

Kindly share if anyone use and figure how to disable ame on amp pages.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=303416

or a possible alternative to ame.

[NeutralizeR]

Originally Posted by unp

Kindly share if anyone use and figure how to disable ame on amp pages.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=303416

or a possible alternative to ame.

Check these pages:
https://www.ampproject.org/docs/guides/amp_replacements
https://www.ampproject.org/docs/guides/iframes

Check the preg_replace examples in the amp.php file.

//Remove&Replace stuff for AMP validation

[citeman]

Hi NeutralizeR, Thanks for this incredible mod to get AMP threads going.

I am however unable to get the url structure of the AMP threads to be like yours - .org/forum/amp/249347.html.

Adding the VBSEO custom rewrite rule:

'^amp\.php\?t=(\d+)&page=(\d+)$' => 'amp/$1-$2.html'

Is giving an error when I try to load the rewritten URL. Am I missing something here?

[Emad ELsayed]

Hello dear
Thank you very much for the featured product
Installation was successfully 3.8.10
Please check my site and whether everything is fine

http://www.lover3moon.com/vb/showthread.php?t=184366
http://www.lover3moon.com/vb/amp.php?t=184366

I have error when checking link
https://validator.ampproject.org/#ur...p%3Ft%3D184366

Best regards

[carlosacgj]

Originally Posted by Emad ELsayed

Hello dear
Thank you very much for the featured product
Installation was successfully 3.8.10
Please check my site and whether everything is fine

http://www.lover3moon.com/vb/showthread.php?t=184366
http://www.lover3moon.com/vb/amp.php?t=184366

I have error when checking link
https://validator.ampproject.org/#ur...p%3Ft%3D184366

Best regards

I have the same validation problems and I thought that only happened to me ....

[dr-php]

Hello,

plugin not working with me

we show blank page on visit any post included amp

example :

http://www.amalh.net/test/amp.php?t=1

[hosamalzagh]

Originally Posted by carlosacgj

I have the same validation problems and I thought that only happened to me ....

i can repair all error for 50$

[FelipeB]

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

It is possible. I guess somebody else can create a vB 4 version of this mod.

I'll do it when I have time, if nobody else is willing to do...

Is there some news about this?