vBSEO Functions for Extensibility

Ok, now it works!

Thanks for the support!

Jan Jaap

Hi!

How do I obtain the Forum ID for a page rewritten via CRR within a forum directory such as domain.com/forum-directory/chat.html

As the forum ID is not available in $GLOBALS

Best Regards,
Jan Jaap

Predefined URL parts, like [forum_title]/[forum_id]/[thread_title] etc are only available in corresponding standard vB URLs and not in CRRs.

Hi!

Thanks for the reply!

I managed to do it by creating the custom rewritten content within forumdisplay.php?page=xxxx&f=123 so that the variables are available within the rewritten content.

Best Regards,
Jan Jaap

Great!

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello Tobi,

this is an array retrieved with mysql_fetch_array() function from "thread" db table.
Here is an example:

PHP Code:

$getthreads = $db->query("
SELECT *
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
WHERE threadid=123
");
$threadrow = $db->fetch_array($getthreads);

$threadurl = vbseo_thread_url_row($thread_row); 


Can you elaborate more on:

where $threadrow is
array(
'threadid'=>xxx,
'title'=>xxx,
....
);

I tried looking in the php file that is being included but forgot that vbSEO is encrypted If I knew what array keys and values $threadrow needs to have it would greatly help me out.

thanks!

The array keys are described in the php code you quoted in the message , i.e., this is a retrieved db table row that includes thread_id, title, forumid etc.

I was trying to figure out what columns exactly the query needed to select instead of having to use a * and grab all of it.

But I tried it out and with some trial and error narrowed down to the fields it needs to return the URL. The select part of the query only needs the following:

Code:

SELECT threadid, title, forumid

NOTE: I only did this for thread URL - #4 in the how-to. Returning forum URL and stuff like that will probably be different.

And yeah you did just say

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

i.e., this is a retrieved db table row that includes thread_id, title, forumid etc.

but I was unsure if the "etc." meant there were more fields involved.

But yeah . . . thanks for the suggestions of using functions for extensibility. Now the URL's are vbSEO-ized. End result: STR | Southern California Trail Riders

Looks great

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

3. The following function returns the vBSEO URL for the forum specified by id:

Code:

$forumurl = vbseo_forum_url($forumid, $pagenum);

Does this function still work if the Direct Forum Links option is turned on?

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Btw, with vBSEO3.0.0+ you can use this:

PHP Code:

vbseo_startup(); 


instead of:

PHP Code:

vbseo_get_options();
vbseo_prepare_seo_replace();
get_forum_info(); 


Is there any efficiency in doing the newer method over the older method? If yes, what's a quick & easy of checking what version is being used?

Thanks

Does this function still work if the Direct Forum Links option is turned on?

That will work on vbulletin-powered pages only (after init_startup hook is triggered).

Is there any efficiency in doing the newer method over the older method? If yes, what's a quick & easy of checking what version is being used?

It does the same function, just a shorter code - so you can use old snippet if you need compatibility with older vBSEO versions.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

That will work on vbulletin-powered pages only (after init_startup hook is triggered).

HHHmm... OK, I think I'm good to go then.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

It does the same function, just a shorter code - so you can use old snippet if you need compatibility with older vBSEO versions.

Cool, in that case I'll just keep using the older version. So far I have not had to do anything where the version of vBSEO was a concern so if the older snippet is still a 'universal' method I'll keep with that.

Kevin, does your page trigger the init_startup? That could be why vBSEO isn't automatically rewriting your links, causing you to have to use these functions to manually do it.

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

Kevin, does your page trigger the init_startup? That could be why vBSEO isn't automatically rewriting your links, causing you to have to use these functions to manually do it.

The problem I was having is/was that it was rewriting the URLS but with unexpected results. At Cool SciFi I was getting just a "/" as the URL and at least one person wasn't getting any rewrites.

I'll be going back over my code again to make sure I didn't miss anything obvious. It also gets a little complicated because on my site I have the script integrated with vBa CMPS while the other person does not.

topic bookmarked - i will need this to apply vbseo in the cms i use.