Archive URLs not SEO'd, nofollow tags added

vBulletin v3.5.4
vBSEO 2.4.0.

I have a problem with the Archive forum pages (where it displays a list of threads). I have it setup so that links point to the original thread pages, not the simple Archive-style ones. The URLs to threads are formatted like this:

PHP Code:

<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.domain.com/showthread.php?t=48">Thread Title</a></li> 


I would like that the URLs would be SEO'd, like elsewhere on the forum:

PHP Code:

<li><a href=http://www.domain.com/f10/thread-title-234.html>Thread Title</a></li> 


How would I do that?

Hello,

the links should be rewritten by vBSEO in archive as well. Also, you don't need to modify vB archive code manually because vBSEO has special option to change archive-type of "view thred" URLs to the original SEOed "showthread" links.

the links should be rewritten by vBSEO in archive as well.

That's what I thought, and it worked this way until I upgraded vBulletin to the latest version.

Anyway, I tried to disable vBSEO and the problem is still there. This looks like an issue with vBulletin so I'm going to ask at the vB forums.

Update: sorry, I missed that you're using vB3.5.4
There was one issue fixed related to archives in 3.5.4 (it will be available in vBSEO2.4.1) - most likely that will solve the problem in your case.

All right, so I'll wait.

Hello,

This problem is resolved in vBSEO2.4.1, however until it is released we strongly suggest you to apply the following simple fix.

in your archive/index.php file
FIND:

exec_shut_down();

REPLACE WITH:

//exec_shut_down();

i.e., comment the line out.

This is a temporary solution and you can revert the changes once vBSEO2.4.1 is installed at your forums.

Please note that this is related to the recenet vBulletin version (3.5.4) ONLY.