Exposing vbSEO rewriting engine=better compatibility with other hacks

Hello,

A feature I'd love to see is the ability to call the function responsible of rewriting URLs from my own scripts, that would certainly increase the probability of compatibility with other hacks (the famous nntp hack comes to my mind here).

eg, I'd love to be able to do the following:

PHP Code:

$staticURL = vbseo_MakeStaticURL("www.url.com/showthread.php?t=12345"); 


That would make it much easier for vb hackers to use static, keyword-rich URLs, that's better than having showthread.php?t=XXX 301 redirected to the static URL.

To push the concept even further, it would be great to be able to configure vbSEO to handle non-standard URLs. For instance, the "link/database file" hack (see vb.org) use the following URLs:

PHP Code:

links.php?id=XXX 


vbSEO could handle these URLs & make them look like this:

PHP Code:

/links/categoryTitle-linkID.html 


Obviously I don't know the complexity of these tasks, but...

It's sad that I can't test vbSEO but anyway, good luck!

-k

Would be a great feature

@SEO Report:

Another excellent suggestion. Your vbseo_MakeStaticURL() function idea could become a possible component of a vBSEO API if we decide to go in that direction.

/* NOTE: This feature request is under consideration for a future release of vBSEO.*/

I have instances of vbseo installed inside /forum/ with a portal page and other pages on the root directory and other directories.

How can vbseo be installed so that it is in the root directory and so is able to rewrite all forum url's that exist on the domain.

Then there would not be the need for the vbseo_MakeStaticURL() function. Although, the function is basically available and used for the vb Google site map.

T2DMan,

Originally Posted by T2DMan

Then there would not be the need for the vbseo_MakeStaticURL() function.

I still need such function to *know* the vbSEOed URL. Plenty of hacks needs to determine this programatically (it's very useful to have keyword-rich backlinks in the case of the nntp hack, for instance).

Did this feature make it throught? My purchase decision is kind of dependent on this.

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N

Did this feature make it throught? My purchase decision is kind of dependent on this.

Here you go :

vBSEO Functions for Extensibility

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N

Did this feature make it throught? My purchase decision is kind of dependent on this.

Hi Karan,

Please let us know if you have any other questions. vBSEO has made huge improvements since this feature was requested a few years ago.