Briansol's Ultimate Guide to vBSEO

Where do we place this in vboptions?

Code:

 
^[a-zA-Z0-9\s]+$

@Shazz :

vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Username Regular Expression

Originally Posted by Shadab

@Shazz :

vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Username Regular Expression

Thats what I assumed thanks!

Brian,

I just realized something, im using your robots file that blocks out .html and .htm . This is all dandy except that my homepage is a .html file.....how can i rewrite that??

Thanks

is it in vbseo scope?

ie,

site.com/index.html is your homepage
and
site.com/(index|forum).php is your forum?

or is your forum in /forums (or some other directory)

my forum is in its own directory, ie www.mydomain.com/forum

site.com/index.html = homepage

site.com/forum/index.php = forum homepage

since vbseo is not in scope, the easiest thing to do is to re-write it manually in the htaccess file in root.

untested:

Code:

RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [R=301,L] 

of course, after the rewriteengine on command

that didnt work....www.domain.com/index.html still goes to www.domain.com/index.html

okie dokes Brian, after doing much googling...i finally found an answer that worked for me:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}s ^(443(s)|[0-9]+s)$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ - [env=askapache:%2]

# redirect urls with index.html to folder
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index\.html$ http%{ENV:askapache}://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

TADAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! LOL

Now i just have to fix that .com/forum issue and i im good to go....

with this rewrite, the bots should be able to pick up the meta data right?

hi briansol, I am getting this...

XML Error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at Line 586

when i try to install the xml file.

i dont know what that means... countless people have used this file now, so i'm assuming the file is ok.

try re-downloading, not opening it in anything, just importing it directly.

I still get

" XML Error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at Line 586"

Can I delete this line or will it affect the product?

<value>google\..+/(u/|search|blogsearch|custom|pda|linux|ie|ig)|search\ .yahoo\.|search\.msn\.|msncache\.com|altavista\.co m|answers\.com|ask\.|search\.lycos\.|dogpile\.|all theinternet\.com|tiscali\.|baidu\.|verden\.abcsok\ .no|[/&\?=\.](search|arama|blogsearch|query|results|sok|srch|ya ndsearch|aolsearch|q)[^a-z-]|backlink_checker\.php|extremetracking\.com|www\.k vasir\.no/nettsok/searchResult|awstats\.pl\?|translate\.google\.com| suchen\.(pl|php|aspx)\?|mail\.yahoo\.com|mail\.liv e\.com|squirrelmail\/src\/</value>

Actually nvm. I was doing something wrong.

Great Info Briansol.

Got a few questions.

1-I uploaded your xml file and now it seems all my avatars are just clear boxes with the little square, circle and triangle inside of them. Anyway to fix this? For an example click here for an example. Edit: This got fixed on its own.

2- I noticed my urls don't have the name of the thread in this format 'mydomain.com/forums/name-of-thread.html' anymore. I just looks like this: http://www.hometheaterticket.com/forums/t146/ with the a letter and number at the end now. it's supposed to be this way, correct?

3-When I'm in a forum's main page, I noticed that the main page/forum name is not shown in the tab anymore next to the "add to favorites' button (I'm using IE). But instead, it just reads '<!--VBSEO_RR_2--!>' now. Click here for an example. How can I fix this?

These are the only things I've noiced so far. Any help will be appreciated...

Oh, BTW, my site is www.hometheaterticket.com.

2) yes, that is by design. This way you can move threads to new forums, or rename forums, and the link never changes. Further, i've yet to see solid proof that a name-in-url will out rank it.

3) This is a Relevant Replacements error. My guide has nothing about these, so you must've done something else.