Remove forum/forum.php from Breadcrumb

[Brain916]

Hello,
So I have yet another question. When you go to forums and posts, in the breadcrumb for the linked "forum" the url is Bike Reviews Forum - Bike Forums, Cycling Message Board, Bicycle Discussion Groups.

I went into forumdisplay and could not find where to remove the .php. I also went into navbar and breadcrumb folder and could not find it. Where can I go to remove this?

Thanks,

[Ceri May]

Hi,

As you are just running the forum and not the CMS at the moment you can simply rename the current index.php to something like index-old.php then rename forum.php to index.php

once you have done this you need to go into vBulletin options and change the forum script name from "forum" to "index".

Ceri

[Brain916]

Ok,
but isn't there a way to just remove the forum.php? I did this for the navi bar and logo, so I would think there is a way for the breadcrumb? But if I did it your way, wouldn't it just be forum/index.php?

[Ceri May]

No index.php is automatically stripped out because it is a document index file... forum.php however isn't, for example if you currently try loading http://bikereviews.com/forum/index.php then it will redirect you to forum.php.

[Brain916]

That gives me a redirecting error.
How can I actually remove it from the breadcrumb?

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hello Brian,

I'm currently seeing a redirect loop in your site. If you want to remove forum.php from the URL of your forum home, you should set the Settings -> Options -> Forums Home Page Options -> 'Script Name for Forum Home Page' setting (within Admin CP) to 'index' instead of 'forum' (without renaming forum.php to index.php).

Then, make sure to add

index.php
index.php?
forum.php
forum.php?

to your homepage aliases list. You can find it at vBSEO CP -> SEO Functions -> Homepage Settings.

Also, please make sure that your index.php is pointing currently to your forum.php script, i.e.:

Instead of having this:

/**
 * Use the CMS as the default script:
 */

require('content.php');


/**
 * Use the forum as the default script:
 */

// require('forum.php'); 

You should have:

/**
 * Use the CMS as the default script:
 */

// require('content.php');


/**
 * Use the forum as the default script:
 */

require('forum.php'); 

If you loose your CSS, images, etc. after making these changes, make sure that the following setting is set to 'Yes':

Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details -> 'Always use Forum URL as Base Path'

[Brain916]

Ok I will check that out.
What about just removing it from the text, or breadcrumb?

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

I advice you to not do that. Just try to use the method I supplied on post #6.

[Brain916]

Ok I will do that.
But I am wondering, why do you advise me not to do it? Can I do both? And if so, how do I remove it?

[woostar]

Ok I will do that.
But I am wondering, why do you advise me not to do it? Can I do both? And if so, how do I remove it?

Breadcrumbs are important to search engines. It allows them to figure out your sites subjects/makeup and figure out how one page relates to another. Sitelinks (the 8 or so links you see under Google results => like this) are usually automatically compiled based on your breadcrumbs.

[Brain916]

I understand that. I am not trying to remove the actual breadcrumb, just the end of the "Forum" url only (where it says forum/forum.php). I use the breadcrumbs on the homepage (blog) of the site.

So I guess once again lol, how would I remove this from the coding?

[Ceri May]

I understand that. I am not trying to remove the actual breadcrumb, just the end of the "Forum" url only (where it says forum/forum.php). I use the breadcrumbs on the homepage (blog) of the site.

So I guess once again lol, how would I remove this from the coding?

That link is automatically created based on the Forum Script Name variable in the vBulletin admincp... If you set it to index instead of forum then it will not show the forum.php.

[Brain916]

Just did that, and it worked! Thank you so much, this forum is awesome.

[Taurus]

Can you please specify to me how to make my vbcms my homepage. So that it says like vbseo.com, and my forum to say like vbseo.com/forum

Thanks.

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hello Pierre,

Please see:

vBSEO 3.5 Release Candidate 1 is here!