Upgrading advice needed for vbseo 3.0.0 to 3.5 and vbulletin 3.6.8 to 4.0

I'm sure I will have no problem upgrading my vbulletin from 3.6.8 to 4.0. And that's by upgrading to 3.8.4 first and then 4.0.

However, how do I upgrade vbseo 3.0.0 to 3.5 at the same time without breaking vbseo and losing my url rewrite settings/other vbseo settings?

Is there a proper guide for this?

Thanks.

I'd get your VB up to date first then upgrade VBSEO after, I've never had an issue with VBSEO upgrades although there are a few known bugs with the latest VB but nothing you can't get assistance with.

Thanks for the reply.

So is it ok to upgrade from vbseo 3.0.0 to 3.5 or do I have to upgrade to other vbseo version before going 3.5?

You should be able to go to the most recent one as long as you are running the correct VB. Most upgrades contain much of the same file structure which is why it's simple to backup your old settings.

upgrading vbseo is the same process that it has always been. If you go to the 3.5 series, there will be a step you can do at anytime, and that is to delete the old path location files. See the 3.5.1 release annoucemnt for a list of files.

You should always upgrade the core (vb) first, add ons (vbseo) after.

Thanks, I've tried upgrading both vbulletin and vbseo to the latest version without problem.

However, I have one last question.

Do I need to make any change to the old .htaccess file for it to work with the latest vbseo 3.5.1? I know this is not written in the readme.html but I would like to confirm.

My current .htaccess is:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)

# to disable mod_rewrite functions.

# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in

# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.

RewriteEngine On



# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be

# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)

# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path

# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums)

#RewriteBase /



#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com

#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]



RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]



RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)

RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]



RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$

RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]



RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]



RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Yes, the htaccess file has changed since your version. please update to the one in your downloads pacakge.