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

[jdingman]

when should I expect there to be a new release? I don't want to be losing my SE rankings because I'm running a bad version or anything =/

[Immortal]

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.

[jdingman]

awesome immortal! /me looks around at his paypal account for the donate button and will hopefully find it tonight.

[SaN-DeeP]

Originally Posted by Immortal

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.

hi, the hack sounds interesting
Can you please share some active forums, whcih have your hack installed and running online ?

Thanks.

[DementedMindz]

quick question is there a way to rewrite the ibpro arcade pages? and the photopost vbgallery pages like the browse shows up like browseimages.php?c=36 and the show image like this showimage.php?i=5290&c=36

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by SaN-DeeP

hi, the hack sounds interesting
Can you please share some active forums, whcih have your hack installed and running online ?

Thanks.

There are a few in the first post, but your best bet is just to look at a few pages in the thread and click in their signatures.

Originally Posted by DementedMindz

quick question is there a way to rewrite the ibpro arcade pages? and the photopost vbgallery pages like the browse shows up like browseimages.php?c=36 and the show image like this showimage.php?i=5290&c=36

Hm, yah. I did a v3Arcade rewrite awhile ago, you may want to search the thread to find it. You would want to do basically the same thing for those two. If you still can't figure it out after that, just let me know.

[DementedMindz]

Immortal im going to search thanks for a fast reply and its nice to see a coder who supports there hack and keeps with it and dont just leave it thanks again

[fabianv]

I installed it but now I have the WEIRDEST problem...

On my memberslist most of the users link to MY user profile... WTF?!

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Immortal

For people who have a habit of not searching the thread, any repeated questions for vRewrite, will be ignored from now on. I am getting sick and tired of taking the time to reply, when you cannot take a second to search the thread.

Was reported beyond countable times.

[Cole2026]

Originally Posted by Immortal

I am very picky at this. I make sure EVERY SINGLE URL is exactly the same as every release before it. I'm a firm believer in SEO, and I make sure of it.

RC2 will probably be released this evening.

A new feature that allows a user to write their URLs as they would want for 2.0 would be great.