All working now -- A few questions:

I have vBSEO working now. However, I have a few questions.

1). I have vBadvanced link directory installed. When I go to the directory the footer displays the vBSEO copyright, but the directly is not using static URL's. Can I get the directory to use static URL's?/work in conjunction with vBSEO?

2). I have vBadvanced CMPS installed and it is displaying static URL's. Great - no problem.

3). I have PhotoPost Gallery installed. The links on this seem to be working in conjunction with vBSEO, but the copyright is not being displayed (don't blame me -- didn't touch anything *promise*). However, the links are formatted like:

http://www.mysite.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/503

Can it be made to display:

http://www.mysite.com/gallery/showgallery/cat/503

I don't believe having .php before a / is very search engine friendly.

4). I have PhotoPost Classifieds installed. It seems that vBSEO is not being utilized. Is it possible to have vBSEO work with the classifieds?

Note: All software above has been installed into the vBulletin database and in a way where it is being used with vBulletin and the vBulletin cookie. If anyone can provide suggestions which will help me to tweak my settings to make sure that all of the above is working right, and in a way where it is most optimized/functional, I'd be most appreciative.

Hi m1star76,

1. You would need to add some Custom Rewrite Rules to get static URLs for the vBA Links: Custom rewrite for vBA Photogallery & Links?

2. Great!

3. Do you use the PhotoPost Gallery with the vB3 Forum Integration setting set to Yes? I seem to recall that it uses its own template system by default, and only switches to vB integration with that setting.
Ah. It may prove to be not processed by vBulletin, as per this thread: Custom rewrite for PhotoPost PRO (you can follow Oleg's instructions that are linked in that thread, to extend Photopost, using the Functions for Extensability.)

4. As per 3. As PP is not processed by vBulletin, it is not by default, touched by vBSEO.

Do either of those applications come with their own .htaccess? If so, it would likely be overriding the vBSEO one.

1). That thread is 11 pages long. I got as far as reading three pages of it, where several people are posting all sorts of mad scientist htaccess code, but others are complaining of errors and problems. I guess I'll have to set aside a long weekend to see if I can get anything useful out of that thread - lol.

2). Yeah - Cool!

3).

Do you use the PhotoPost Gallery with the vB3 Forum Integration setting set to Yes?

Yes.

you can follow Oleg's instructions that are linked in that thread, to extend Photopost, using the Functions for Extensability.

Ok, I'll have a look..

4).

Do either of those applications come with their own .htaccess? If so, it would likely be overriding the vBSEO one.

I just looked in my /gallery and my /classifieds directory on the server. No .htaccess there. They are not in the /community folder either. They are in the root along side the /community folder.

Hmm.. ok, looks like this isn't going to be a "touch up here touch up there -- all good" kind of thing. Looks like I am going to have to do a heap of reading or playing around. Not what I was hoping for.. boss wants the site launched tomorrow. Hmm.. I'll just do what I can do.

Ok, I just found out that PhotoPost Gallery and PhotoPost Classifieds already have search engine friendly options included -- so that's cool. Turns out it wasn't vBSEO working under them. I have only just installed those scripts and hadn't had a chance to look in the admin properly. So, now I just have to figure out what's going on with vBadvanced Link directory..

In any case, now I have vBSEO copyright code showing on all pages of my entire website -- not just the forum. See, all these other scripts are using the forum template, and vBSEO is assuming that only the forum uses that template. I'd like to know how I can prevent vBSEO code from being displayed across all the scripts. We paid several hundred dollars to remove all these footer and branding codes, and we don't want to have one on there 'by proxy', just because it can't be removed all together.

Maybe there is a place that I can enter this code..?


<!--VBSEO_COPYRIGHT-->

..a place that will show up only on the forum?

1). That thread is 11 pages long. I got as far as reading three pages of it, where several people are posting all sorts of mad scientist htaccess code, but others are complaining of errors and problems. I guess I'll have to set aside a long weekend to see if I can get anything useful out of that thread - lol.

You can find details on how to setup SEOed URLs for vBA Links (Custom Rewrite Rules should be defined and .htaccess created in Links folder):
Custom rewrite for vBA Photogallery & Links?

And here is a description on how to setup keyword-rich URLs (additional steps required): Custom rewrite for vBA Photogallery & Links?

Let me know if you have further questions regarding this.

In any case, now I have vBSEO copyright code showing on all pages of my entire website -- not just the forum. See, all these other scripts are using the forum template, and vBSEO is assuming that only the forum uses that template. I'd like to know how I can prevent vBSEO code from being displayed across all the scripts. We paid several hundred dollars to remove all these footer and branding codes, and we don't want to have one on there 'by proxy', just because it can't be removed all together.

The copyright message is inserted on every page that is generated using vBulletin engine (and so vBSEO executed), but you can simply use "Exclude Pages" option in vbseocp to disallow this, just enter "gallery/" into it.

Thanks. I tried adding directory/ but it seems not to work.

As I see, vBSEO copyright message is not displayed in your gallery now, so perhaps it worked for you?

No, I changed the location of the footer and somehoe it stopped displaying, but I can't get the /directory to stop displaying it. The exclude pages feature seems not to work.

I tried:
/directory
directory/
/directory/
^directory
^directory/

..etc etc, everything I can think of. Still no work.

Ah, I thought you planned to rewrite your Links directory with vBSEO's CRRs. You can disable it from processing by adding the following in links_global.php:

PHP Code:

    define('VBSEO_ENABLED',                  0);