vbseo integration

[tscargo]

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

[pegasus]

For .htaccess help, please see this article.

[mickknutson]

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:

# 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]
##############################

[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.

[mickknutson]

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:

# 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/

[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.

[mickknutson]

# 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]

[mickknutson]

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

And still using this .htaccess:

# 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.

[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 ^

[mickknutson]

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

[pegasus]

You know what...

This line:

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

Replace with:

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

And this:

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

Replace with:

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

[mickknutson]

Not the corre ct outcome I think:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/b...i/General+Book

[pegasus]

Looks like you changed the filename to "wiki". You need to change your htaccess rules as well.

[mickknutson]

##############################
# 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.

[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.