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April 27, 2009
tscargo

vbseo integration

Hello,

I want my url's to look nice. This is why I bought vbSEO.
I have read some posts and some notes about the VaultWiki and vbSEO integration, but unfortunately I have been unable to get it working right.

What I want to do is to have a url structure like:

/wiki/Title+of+Article.html

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,

Taco
April 27, 2009
pegasus

For .htaccess help, please see this article.
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

Quote:

Originally Posted by pegasus

For .htaccess help, please see this article.

I followed that document, but can not get anything to work in Vault WIki even though I know my vbSEO and mod rewrite works just fine.

Here is what I have been haking at unsuccessfully:

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning) # to disable mod_rewrite functions. # Please note: you still need to disable the hack in # the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites. RewriteEngine On # Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be # enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate) # Please note: when enabled, you must include the path # to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/) RewriteBase /forum/ #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron) RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] ############################## # Vault Wiki rewrite settings: #RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ filename/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^filename/Default:(.*)$ filename/$1 [L,R=301] ##RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^filename/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA] # For SEO integration: #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} filename [NC] #RewriteRule ^filename(.*)?$ filename$1 [S=X] ##############################
May 3, 2009
pegasus

1) As it says in the htaccess article, all the VaultWiki rules have to appear BEFORE your SEO rules.
2) You commented out the rules that help. [S=X] is supposed to be S=a number.
3) You have "filename" littered throughout, which is supposed to match one of your settings in VaultWiki.
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

Quote:

Originally Posted by pegasus

1) As it says in the htaccess article, all the VaultWiki rules have to appear BEFORE your SEO rules.
2) You commented out the rules that help. [S=X] is supposed to be S=a number.
3) You have "filename" littered throughout, which is supposed to match one of your settings in VaultWiki.

SO I keep reading that page again.
I have hacked every possibility I think:

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning) # to disable mod_rewrite functions. # Please note: you still need to disable the hack in # the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites. RewriteEngine On # Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be # enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate) # Please note: when enabled, you must include the path # to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/) RewriteBase /forum/ ############################## # Vault Wiki rewrite settings: [B]RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^wiki/Default:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301] #RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA][/B] # For SEO integration: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} wiki [NC] RewriteRule ^wiki(.*)?$ wiki$1 [S=3] ############################## #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron) RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Still nothing!
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/base-wiki/
May 3, 2009
pegasus

If you want it to be forum/base-wiki you need to use "base-wiki" as your filename. Also try removing the ^ from the last wiki line.
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning) # to disable mod_rewrite functions. # Please note: you still need to disable the hack in # the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites. RewriteEngine On # Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be # enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate) # Please note: when enabled, you must include the path # to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/) RewriteBase /forum/ ############################## # Vault Wiki rewrite settings: RewriteRule ^base-wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^base-wiki/Default:(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] #RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^base-wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA] # For SEO integration: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} base-wiki [NC] RewriteRule base-wiki(.*)?$ base-wiki$1 [S=3] ############################## #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron) RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

I changed the setting Name of Wiki File to base-wiki
And turned on Simplify Wiki Links?

And still using this .htaccess:

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning) # to disable mod_rewrite functions. # Please note: you still need to disable the hack in # the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites. RewriteEngine On # Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be # enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate) # Please note: when enabled, you must include the path # to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/) RewriteBase /forum/ ############################## # Vault Wiki rewrite settings: RewriteRule ^base-wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^base-wiki/Default:(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] #RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^base-wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA] # For SEO integration: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} base-wiki [NC] RewriteRule base-wiki(.*)?$ base-wiki$1 [S=3] ############################## #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron) RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

So now I get the links correctly:
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/base-wiki/Main_Page

But there is now a 404 error.
May 3, 2009
pegasus

Did you physically rename the showwiki.php file? If you did, change it back to showwiki.php. You only need the settings to "rename" it.

It's also possible that you need to remove all the ^
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

No I did not rename the file itself. I just set the option in the settings.

Code:

RewriteRule base-wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule base-wiki/Default:(.*)$ base-wiki/$1 [L,R=301] #RewriteRule showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule base-wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA] # For SEO integration: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} base-wiki [NC] RewriteRule base-wiki(.*)?$ base-wiki$1 [S=3]
May 3, 2009
pegasus

You know what...

This line:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)

Replace with:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|base-wiki)

And this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/

Replace with:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|base-wiki)/
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

Not the corre ct outcome I think:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/b...i/General+Book
May 3, 2009
pegasus

Looks like you changed the filename to "wiki". You need to change your htaccess rules as well.
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

Code:

############################## # Vault Wiki rewrite settings: RewriteRule ^wiki.php(.*)$ showwiki.php$1 [QSA] RewriteRule showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^wiki/Default:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301] #RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=Default:(.*)$ showwiki.php?title=$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)?$ showwiki.php?pretty=1 [QSA] # For SEO integration: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} wiki [NC] RewriteRule ^wiki(.*)?$ wiki$1 [S=3] ############################## #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] [B]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)[/B] RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|wiki)/ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

The bold line above is the one that does this.
with |wiki causes a redirect loop, without causes not found error.
May 3, 2009
pegasus

A redirect loop is better because you actually are bypassing vbSEO. Then download the ZIP once more and try replacing vault/special_plugins.php.
May 3, 2009
mickknutson

I uploaded jsut the one file, and still get this appended to the loop:

/forum/wiki//wiki//wiki//wiki//**/Main_Page
May 4, 2009
pegasus

ATTENTION About 6 or 7 posts were lost today due to a database hiccup. I'm pretty sure the bug mentioned in the last visible post was ironed out - the code in 2.3.0 Patch Level 1 should prevent this in most cases.
May 5, 2009
mickknutson

1 Attachment(s)

I'm getting this in my Javascript Error Console.
May 5, 2009
pegasus

That's a facebook JS error. Note that you have facebook open in another tab. I think that error is from its JS that constantly checks for new notifications and IMs.
May 26, 2009
tommythejoat

vbseo sitemap errors

I finally got around to looking at Google Webmaster Tools to try to figure out why none of our wiki material is being indexed. It turns out all (I think) of the wiki articles show up like this:

http://mb.nawcc.org/showpost.php?p=372633&postcount=1

I was hoping to find the solution in this thread, but it is one of those that suffered from your database problem, I think. At least there are a lot of blank posts here.

I did not look at them all, but I think all of our wiki articles are in posts that show up like the one above as broken url's. Is there something straight forward I can do to fix this?

(I will be happy to post this as a new problem if this thread represents difficulty.)
May 27, 2009
pegasus

The white page on showpost.php for wiki articles is solved (and gets Google to stop complaining) by this: http://www.vaultwiki.org/issues/598/page2/

However, I have no idea why the wiki articles would be indexed as showpost. There is no physical showpost link for article content (so it makes no sense how the Googlebot even finds the URL in the first place), the canonical links (which Google should be using for the index) are the correct article page, and your wiki articles are otherwise displaying correctly.

I ran a Google search for "Illinois Bunn Special" and your Book on the subject appears on the top of the 2nd page, so for me it looks to be indexed properly.
July 17, 2009
tscargo

Since the changes in VaultWiki, I am unable to find a simple. working instruction how to enable simpleurls in combination with vbseo..... Maybe a quick guide could be created ?
July 17, 2009
pegasus

Since the changes in VaultWiki, there are no longer any conflicts that require special instructions to have simple URLs in combination with vBSEO. The Configuring .HTACCESS instructions should work fine.
July 27, 2009
tscargo

Well, let me rephrase: I would like to know how to convert the wiki urls to simple urls.
The instructions I found were all for the pre-vbSEO working ok.

vbSEO is working for my forum just fine.
VaultWiki is also working fine, but just not have nice urls.
July 27, 2009
pegasus

If you already have the .htaccess rules in place as per the article I mentioned above, go to AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> VaultWiki: Server Settings -> Simplify Wiki URLs? -> Yes.
July 27, 2009
tscargo

Quote:

Originally Posted by pegasus

If you already have the .htaccess rules in place as per the article I mentioned above, go to AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> VaultWiki: Server Settings -> Simplify Wiki URLs? -> Yes.

When I do that, the urls change to:

http://www.example.com/showwiki/Title+of+the+Article

which results in a page not found by vbSEO....
July 27, 2009
tscargo

Ok, I was able to fix it myself. The Simple urls work.

I have one issue still. When searching for a specific term (e.g. frogs), the url from a search result will look like:
http://www.example.com/showwiki/Title+of+the+Article&highlight=frogs

This is then redirected to:
http://www.example.com/showwiki/Title+of+the+Articleand+highlight+frogs

These are the .htaccess rules I have in place for VaultWiki's simple urls:

Code:

RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ showwiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^showwiki/Default:(.*)$ showwiki/$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule ^showwiki/(.*)?$ showwiki_proxy.php [L,QSA]

I do use vbSEO as well. Could that be the culprit?
July 27, 2009
pegasus

In vault/special_plugins_forumdisplay.php, find:

Code:

$address = $thread['url'] . "&do=comments";

Replace with:

Code:

$address = $thread['url'] . $vbulletin->session->vars['vw_sessionurl'] . "do=comments";

Find:

Code:

'showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "p=$thread[lastpostid]', 'showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "t=$thread[threadid]'

Replace with:

Code:

'showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "p=$thread[lastpostid]', 'showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]', 'showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "t=$thread[threadid]\"'

Find:

Code:

'$thread[url]".(($thread[\'lastpostid\'] > 0 AND $thread[\'lastpostid\'] != $thread[\'firstpostid\']) ? $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl\'] . "do=comments&p=$thread[lastpostid]" : (($thread[\'highlight\']) ? $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl\'] : $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl_q\']))."', '$thread[url]" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl_q\'] . "'

Replace with:

Code:

'$thread[url]".(($thread[\'lastpostid\'] > 0 AND $thread[\'lastpostid\'] != $thread[\'firstpostid\']) ? $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl\'] . "do=comments&p=$thread[lastpostid]" : (($thread[\'highlight\']) ? $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl\'] : $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl_q\']))."', '".(($vbulletin->forumcache[$thread[\'forumid\']][\'vault_type\'] > 0) ? "$thread[url]".(($thread[\'highlight\']) ? $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl\'] : $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl_q\'])."$thread[highlight]" : "showthread.php?" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'sessionurl\'] . "t=$thread[threadid]$thread[highlight]")."', '$thread[url]" . $GLOBALS[\'vbulletin\']->session->vars[\'vw_sessionurl_q\'] . "\"'
July 28, 2009
tscargo

Thanks, that fixed it ! I guess these changes will be in the next version as well ? (Else I need to make a note that I made these changes)
July 28, 2009
pegasus

This particular change since it was reported within 72 hours after the release, is now in the current version (2.5.0), and will be applied toward any future versions as well.