Ok, something weird is going on ...

This morning i moved my forum files over to their own specific domain; /forums to allow for a new homepage to be added, created by vB Advanced CMPS. After i successfully completed the installation, uploaded all the files etc .. whenever i try and view the file which is located at http://www.staff-lounge.com/index.php i end up getting a 404 error. Now usually i would get some form of debugging message but this isnt the case which is why i am assuming that VBSEO has some involvement in this error. Can you help?

Hello Michael,

Make sure you don't have additional copies of your .htaccess file anywhere else but in the '/forums' root. Also, ensure there are no duplicates of your functions_vbseo.php file.

Q: why are you changing the forum location? It will make your content appear 'deeper' within your site structure. You can always rename the forum page via the vb admincp to something like 'forums.php'. vBSEO picks that value from your settings and forces it as your forum homepage. You can then name your vBadvanced homepage 'index.php'

Nevermind, all i had to do was upload the VBSEO files to the home directory too for it too work. Well at least you can warn others about this issue ^_^

Originally Posted by Juan Muriente

Hello Michael,

Make sure you don't have additional copies of your .htaccess file anywhere else but in the '/forums' root. Also, ensure there are no duplicates of your functions_vbseo.php file.

Q: why are you changing the forum location? I'll make your content appear 'deeper' within your site structure. You can always rename the forum page via the vb admincp to something like 'forums.php'. vBSEO picks that value from your settings and forces it as your forum homepage. You can then name your vBadvanced homepage index.php

Hmmm, i shall do this then. Sounds much more SEO friendly. So how exactly do i go about changing the index.php to appear as forums.php?

Via your admincp (in vB), find:
vBulletin Options > Forums Home Page Options > Script Name for Forum Homepage

The default is 'index'. Change it to the new default ('forums' for example). Rename the physical file to the new value.

Within vbseocp.php, disable the option 'Force Forum Root as Homepage'

Thanks. How come now that whenever i view my vB Advanced Homepage that the actual VBSEO URLs are no longer in effect? http://www.staff-lounge.com/ For example here only URLs that i have specifically specified; eg, those in Site Navigation are actually doing their job. But those in the navbar, and everywhere else functioning without the VBSEO effect.

@Michael:

I took a quick look at your forum. Everything appears to be working ok on your main vBAdvanced homepage.

Originally Posted by Joe Ward

@Michael:

I took a quick look at your forum. Everything appears to be working ok on your main vBAdvanced homepage.

Hmmm, for example some URLs appear to be working fine. But in my Custom Rewrite rules i have specified the following;

PHP Code:

// For search forums and results
'^search\.php\?do=getdaily' => 'today-posts.html'
'^search\.php\?do=getnew' => 'new-posts.html'
'^search\.php\?searchid=(\d+)' => 'search-result-$1.html'
'^search\.php\?searchid=(\d+)&pp=25&page=(\d+)$' => 'search-result-$1-$2.html' 


But whenever i highlight the New Posts link whilst viewing my vB Advanced homepage instead of ./new-posts.html i get instead; ./search.php?do=getnew

Michael,

try removing the leading "^" character from your rewrite rules as vBa creates full URLs at the homepage (unlike vB).

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Michael,

try removing the leading "^" character from your rewrite rules as vBa creates full URLs at the homepage (unlike vB).

Nevermind, vB Advanced has a built in feature of rewriting URLs in case you had installed it on a different directory to that of your forums; since that isnt applicable i removed the feature of editing URLs and now it all works swimmingly

e.g.,

./register.php

to

./forums/register.php

Ok, great.
I'm closing this thread.