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

[morrow]

WEll now... I've spent the past 6hrs or so reading just about each and every thread here... Uninstalled, re-installed, yada yada....

Anyhow, the latest release RC3... finally works. A few items I've noticed are here:

http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...searchid=18376
(this happens when you search for posts by a certain user)

and

http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...searchid=18381
(this happens when you click 'New Posts' then click 'here')

and
http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...html#post23097
(this is what happens when you click on the 'last post by user')

Thanks / Groan hacks no longer work.

Anyhow, I am using VBAdvanced as you can see, and these are the only few problems I was able to find so far.

If I disable the hack, all of the above starts working again. I'll leave the hack enabled for a few hours so you can see what I mean.

Other than that, it does seem to be working pretty good. Any suggestions?

Man, you guys did a helluva lot of work to get this thing going! I think when this is working 100%, the least I can do is find my wallet and make a donation.

[morrow]

Ok... Had to turn it off... Anything after page 1 was no longer working. Ohh well, I'll check back later.

[Immortal]

Originally Posted by Darkwolf

Hmmm. I need some help. My "Go to Last post" doesn't seems to be working for me...

You'll want to upgrade to 1.5

morrow: Please report all the issues you come across at the bug tracker, it helps us tremendously.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Frapegliko

there is a bug with /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=201 Urls they doesnt anymore exist..

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid AS postid, post.dateline, t.title as threadtitle, f.title as forumtitle, f.forumid as forumid
FROM vb_post AS post JOIN vb_thread AS t ON(t.threadid=post.threadid) JOIN vb_forum as f ON(f.forumid=t.forumid)
WHERE post.threadid = 201 AND post.visible = 1 AND
postid = (
SELECT MAX(t2.postid) AS postid
FROM vb_post AS t2
WHERE t2.threadid = 201 AND t2.visible = 1
&nbsp
LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SELECT MAX(t2.postid) AS postid
FROM vb_post AS t2

Error Number : 1064
Date : Sunday, April 9th 2006 @ 09:41:01 AM
Script : http://www.domain.com/showthread.php...lastpost&t=201
Referrer :
IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xx
Username : unregistered
Classname : vb_database

wat version of mysql

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by morrow

Ok... Had to turn it off... Anything after page 1 was no longer working. Ohh well, I'll check back later.

your on an old version of vrewrite (sounds like)

[Darkwolf]

Originally Posted by Immortal

You'll want to upgrade to 1.5

morrow: Please report all the issues you come across at the bug tracker, it helps us tremendously.

why do i get the file ?

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Darkwolf

why do i get the file ?

here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=924

or click me

[Darkwolf]

Originally Posted by Bhuwan

here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=924

or click me

Ok Now I upgraded but it seems that when u click on the page 2 or 3 isn't working for me.

[Bhuwan]

Originally Posted by Darkwolf

Ok Now I upgraded but it seems that when u click on the page 2 or 3 isn't working for me.

htaccess problem:
use this to create a proper htaccess file
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112024

[Darkwolf]

thanks. you fix all the problem! you have been a great help!