Miscellaneous Hacks - Keyword Redirect

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|| Keyword Redirect
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jul 01, 2009
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|| Time required to install: ~30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

Allows to easily create multiple user-friendly URLs similar to http://www.yoursite.com/go/keyword, where keyword is one of the keywords defined via the admincp.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
Products to Install: 1


INTRODUCTION

Important information regarding file uploads for this hack:

To install this product, you must upload a bunch of files. The .htaccess file goes into your website root, and all other files go into your forum root. If your website root is different from your forum root, please open the .htaccess file and edit it according to the instructions in that file.

If there is already a .htaccess file in your website root, you must copy the contents of the file in this package and paste it into the one you already have.

VERSION HISTORY

1.1.0
[+] Compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Easier to understand documentation (hopefully).

1.0.0
First Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[evgeniy225]

good works!!!

[Qwest]

Interested in trying this out. Could definitely help with the back links in my social marketing efforts.

My only concern is the original URL getting indexed so I end up with dupe content on 2 different URLs?

[saadessa]

thank you i will test

[DevilzFan]

Okay, I like this, and wanted to give this a shot.

Edited the .htaccess since my forums are in a subdirectory of my main site though the main site is just vbadvanced.

But I can't for the life of me figure it out how to get this to work. Maybe I'm incorrectly reading what this does?

Say I have a sub-forum on my site dedicated to reviews.

In the admincp, at keywords, I'd put the following?

Keyword: reviews
Target URL: http://www.mysite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=49

So if I'm reading correctly, I should just go to:
http://www.mysite.com/reviews
or
http://www.mysite.com/forums/reviews

Neither work though, so maybe I'm misreading what this does, or I screwed up somewhere?

[akanevsky]

The keyword should be prefixed with go/ e.g.
http://www.mysite.com/go/reviews
or
http://www.mysite.com/forums/go/reviews

[devace]

Nice job ;D

[pavpavpav]

does not work

[luan7749]

It' not working...Please Help

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by luan7749

It' not working...Please Help

In order for this hack to work, your server has to support .htaccess files, and you have to configure the file that comes with this hack properly. If you don't know how to configure the file, please post the URL to your forums and I will attach a file for you.