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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 18th, 2004

I tried this and joined here after your post at seoforums. I need your help. There were a few changes from your vb 3.0.1 to vb 3.0.3.

I put the changs in that you states through your steps. First off thanks for the post and the mod, it is outstanding. I was wondering if you could help me! Is there anyway that you would be willing to look at my test forums and tell me what is wrong with what I did

Mike

http://www.sportsrant.com/testforums

this is what my htaccess file looks like!

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RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^lastpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^newpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ forumdisplay.php?forumid=$1 [L]

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 18th, 2004

acutally ma'am i was able to get this to work! It works perfectly and this is an awesome modification. The only question that I have is
when you click on this link (example)

http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/new...hread3503.html

then it should go to that URL, instead is goes to the regular php post, but it goes to:

http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/sho...8619#post58619

Is there anyway to change that also!!

Mike

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 18th, 2004

I sent this email to another VB member here to see one problem with this tweak

he only thing that gets me about this is from the forums home page! (EXAMPLE)

This link here: http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/new...hread3501.html takes you to the latest thread like it should: http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/sho...8579#post58579 and I do not believe this is good for SEO! If you go into that forum, even on your site, and click on http://www.sportsrant.com/forums/thread3501.html which is the same post and actually goes to the thread. Do you understand where I am coming from! Can this be fixed or tweaked to work, there has to be away. It will make it even more SEO!!

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 18th, 2004

The current way of doing things is where the links to newpostinthreadXXX.html and lastpostinthreadXXX.html redirect to their showthread.php? counterparts. The following mini-tutorial will fix that:

STEP ONE

Add the following line to your .htaccess file:

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RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1 [L]

STEP TWO

All of the following changes need to be made to the showthread.php file:

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exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]p=$getlastpost[postid]$highlightwords#post$getlastpost[postid]");
exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]p=$getlastpost[postid]$highlightwords#post$getlastpost[postid]");

should be replaced with

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exec_header_redirect("post$getlastpost[postid].html#post$getlastpost[postid]");
exec_header_redirect("post$getlastpost[postid].html#post$getlastpost[postid]");

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exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]p=$posts[postid]$highlightwords#post$posts[postid]");
exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]p=$posts[postid]$highlightwords#post$posts[postid]");

should be replaced with

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exec_header_redirect("post$posts[postid].html#post$posts[postid]");
exec_header_redirect("post$posts[postid].html#post$posts[postid]");

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exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]t=$threadinfo[threadid]&goto=lastpost$highlightwords");
exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]t=$threadinfo[threadid]&goto=lastpost$highlightwords");

should be replaced with

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exec_header_redirect("lastpostinthread$threadinfo[threadid].html");
exec_header_redirect("lastpostinthread$threadinfo[threadid].html");

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exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]t=$thread[pollid]");
exec_header_redirect("showthread.php?$session[sessionurl_js]t=$thread[pollid]");

should be replaced with

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exec_header_redirect("thread$thread[pollid].html");
exec_header_redirect("thread$thread[pollid].html");

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$firstunread = 'showthread.php?' . $session['sessionurl'] . 't=' . $threadid . '&goto=newpost';
$firstunread = 'showthread.php?' . $session['sessionurl'] . 't=' . $threadid . '&goto=newpost';

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$firstunread = 'newpostinthread' . $threadid . '.html';
$firstunread = 'newpostinthread' . $threadid . '.html';

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 19th, 2004

that latest fix is the perfect fit and everything works as you posted. I REALLY appreciate your dedication and hard work. For people that want to have SEO type forums, You're an angel!!

Mike :mrgreen:

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 19th, 2004

Thank you so so much for your kind words. And thank you for your generous donation to DaniWeb, as well!

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 21st, 2004

Wow amazing work. I'll surely try this out when I get the chance.

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 22nd, 2004

Thanks!

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 22nd, 2004

Just got it done on www.sgwebhostingtalk.com , after some editting here and there since it didnt work very smooth for me. But still thanks ALOT dani !

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Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite

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Aug 23rd, 2004

Excelent modification, congratulations

But

i have a problem >.<

In my online appears Unknown Location for example:

Unknown
/foro/thread26600.html <-----

or

Unknown
/foro/thread9721.html <----

Any idea to how fix this problem?