vBSEO 3.2.0 Gold Released!

Touchdown Successful: vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD Has Landed

Phase 1 - vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD Lands

The wait is over. vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD is now available to download for all customers.

After you install vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD, you can be confident that *your forum* is one of the most optimized forums on the Internet. Your AdSense account will thank-you for it!

When we think of the amazing testing and bulletproofing efforts by our Pre-Release Team and RC testers for vBSEO 3.2.0, we are reminded of the team at NASA who successfully sent a complex piece of engineering like the Mars Phoenix over 400,000 miles through space and landed it on the ground with a perfect landing...

Well... maybe the vBSEO development process is not quite *that* complex! While the "SEO is Rocket Science?" debate continues, after months of development, once the dust settles here on Planet Earth:

We are 100% confident that the release of vBSEO 3.2.0 will continue to prove that great teams produce great results for YOU.

So please join us in thanking the vBSEO Pre-Release, Global Partners, Moderators, and Total Support Teams who helped vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD touchdown successfully for your forums.

Note: vBSEO Sitemap 2.2 upgrade required for vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD.


Phase 2 - vBSEO 3.5.0 Development Continues Yesterday!

Check out the new feature/updates/fixes summary below to find out what's inside the box for 3.2.0 GOLD. But also prepare yourself for what is next. vBSEO 3.5.0 development continues immediately.

While every release of vBSEO is a significant advancement, vBSEO 3.5.0 represents a *leap forward* in our evolution. Expect a new species of vBSEO software that maintains everything you have come to love about vBSEO, and then adds several new wow-inducing-must-have-SEO-features. Expect it to touchdown late 2008/early 2009, FlexETA.


vBulletin 3.7.2 - Maximum Overdrive Synergy

vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD is fully compatible with vBulletin 3.7.2. vBSEO rewrites over 60+ different URL formats to achieve essential link consensus and maximum link value.

We cover all the great new additions added by the Jelsoft development team including the new enhanced profiles, social groups, new blog URLs and tags.

The result is an amazing synergy making the ultimate forum software also the most SEO optimized publishing software available on the Internet, period.

And when we say "Maximum Overdrive", think of your search long tail and the possibilities that open up for waves of new Web Traffic possible with vBulletin + vBSEO.


Renew and Upgrade

Renew. Remember, if your license has expired you only need to pay a $35 renewal fee for access to all updates (including 3.2.0 GOLD) and the vBSEO Priority Support Ticketing System.

Upgrade Service. If you are not 100% comfortable doing the upgrade yourself, do not let that delay you from upgrading to vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD. The vBSEO Total Support Team will do so for you, ensuring a professional upgrade installation for a small fee of $27.

Buy vBSEO 3.2.0

From the vBSEO.com frontpage in celebration of the vBSEO 3.2.0 Gold release :

New Features in vBSEO 3.2.0:

NEW FEATURE: Custom Meta Tags for vB Blogs (blog post pages only). Includes first words of the blog post for description along with blog title for keywords.

NEW FEATURE: Config file option added to limit the number of characters in the LinkBack titles.

NEW FEATURE: Added configuration option allowing user to specify name of vBulletin configuration file, as some users change the name.

NEW FEATURE: Default custom rewrite rules applied for vBulletin tag URLs.

NEW FEATURE: New URL formats added for vBulletin 3.7:

Category: Social Group URLs
Setting: Rewrite Social Group URLs?
Setting: Social Group Home URL Format
Setting: Social Group Home Pagination URL Format
Setting: Social Group URL Format
Setting: Social Group Pagination URL Format
Setting: Social Group Members URL Format
Setting: Social Group Members Pagination URL Format
Setting: Social Group Pictures URL Format
Setting: Social Group Pictures Pagination URL
Social Group Picture Page URL Format
Social Group Picture Page Pagination URL Format
Social Group Picture File URL Format Format

Category: Member Profile URLs
Setting: Visitor Messaging Pagination
Setting: Visitor Conversation
Setting: Visitor Conversation Pagination
Setting: Friends List Pagination
Setting: Albums List
Setting: Albums
Setting: Picture Page
Setting: Picture Page Pagination
Setting: Picture File
Setting: Pictures

Category: Tags URLs
Setting: Tags Home
Setting: Tags
Setting: Tags Pagination

NEW FEATURE: 'Acronym Expansion' setting renamed to 'Define Acronyms' and new features added:

Acronym Expansion Options:

Do NOT add expand acronyms - Acronyms are not modified.
REPLACE acronyms as expanded text -This option converts matching acronyms to the corresponding text as defined in the field below.
ADD 'acronym' html tag to acronyms - This option wraps each acronym around an 'acronym' html tag with the corresponding text as a name attribute.
ADD 'abbr' html tag to acronyms - Same as above but using the 'abbr' html tag, as opposed to the 'acronym' html tag.

NEW FEATURE: New acronym expansion feature added to allow definition of replacement code.

Default Setting:

PHP Code:

define('VBSEO_AUTOLINK_FORMAT',         '%2'); 


Sample Setting:

PHP Code:

define('VBSEO_AUTOLINK_FORMAT',         '<strong>%2</strong>'); 


NEW FEATURE: When reply post titles are in the format "re: { main thread title } ", and admins update the main thread title, all of the post titles in the indicated format will be updated to show the revised thread title.

NEW FEATURE: LinkBack Instant Domain Ban. Click the small "red card" icon next to any incoming LinkBack and you instantly add the full domain to your LinkBack blacklist, banning any further LinkBacks from the offending site. In addition, all existing LinkBacks from the domain are soft-deleted.

NEW FEATURE: Ignore Linkbacks from Duplicate URLs - When enabled, allows incoming Linkbacks from duplicate URLs (same content, different URL) to be ignored.

NEW FEATURE: Changes in the vBSEO Control Panel (vbseocp.php) can be saved with SHIFT+ALT+S keyword combination.

NEW FEATURE: A new BETA option added, allowing the number of acronym replacements per keyword per page to be limited. Available in config_vbseo.php only. 0 is the default and represents unlimited replacements.

Updates in vBSEO 3.2.0:

UPDATE: advanced option to limit the number of acronyms per page.

PHP Code:

define('VBSEO_ACRONYM_PAGELIMIT',             0); 


UPDATE: php files header code updated.

UPDATE: vBSEO settings arrays moved to the global variable scope, for small performance optimization.

UPDATE: vBSEO source code separated into multiple files for more efficient development and marginal performance improvements. Files are located in the /includes/ folder:

Code:

 functions_vbseo.php
 functions_vbseo_cache.php
 functions_vbseo_createurl.php
 functions_vbseo_crr.php
 functions_vbseo_db.php
 functions_vbseo_extra.php
 functions_vbseo_hook.php
 functions_vbseo_linkback.php
 functions_vbseo_misc.php
 functions_vbseo_pre.php
 functions_vbseo_seo.php
 functions_vbseo_startup.php
 functions_vbseo_url.php
 functions_vbseo_vb.php

UPDATE: Update vBulletin error messages for 'noid' or 'invalidid' to send a 404 HTTP header. New option added in the configuration file:

PHP Code:

define('VBSEO_INVALIDID_404',          1); 


UPDATE: Removed "executionorder" from XML product file to correct compatibility issue with vB3.5.x; prevents error.

UPDATE: Facebook added as default social bookmarking option.

UPDATE: Changed rewrite rules for compatibility with servers running ISAPIRewrite, version 3.

UPDATE: Updated format for Google Analytics code.

UPDATE: Process output when tags are edited with AJAX so that CRR can be applied.

UPDATE: Outgoing links tracking code updated for compatibility with new Analytics code.

UPDATE: Moved "Send Trackback" option field to the bottom of the text editor for new posts and new threads.

UPDATE: Applied a new redirect to remove 'Posted=1' from thread rewrite rules after posting.

UPDATE: To prevent Pingback spam, incoming pingbacks will not be made available for moderation until someone clicks through from the link on the site that sent the pingback.

UPDATE: Reduced database queries on member profile pages in new vB 3.7.x series.

UPDATE: Rewriting new vB3.7 lightbox URLs.

UPDATE: Retrieve External Link Title applied in blog posts.

UPDATE: Removed appended query string in redirects to profile visitor comments.

UPDATE: Modified vBSEO to bypass calling vBulletin when a user blog page is called for an invalid username.

UPDATE: New blog posts now send notifications via Update Services feature.

UPDATE: Permalinks added for visitor comments on blog entry pages.

UPDATE: Updated functions_vbseo_db.php to handle master/slave connections for multi-server configurations.

UPDATE: Google Analytics stats update to allow for internal "site search" tracking.

UPDATE: vBSEO will no longer register duplicate LinkBacks coming from www and non-www versions of a page URL.

UPDATE: Redirect member URLs with ?do=getinfo query string to standard member profile URL via 301 for link consensus.

UPDATE: SSL (https) URLs now have "redirected-to" support in private forums.

UPDATE: ajax.php action modlinkback parameter id cleaned to prevent SQL injections risks.

UPDATE: Added rewrite to another member profile URL format: /member.php?username=user

UPDATE: Phrase Group usage updated at code level.

UPDATE: Template modifications are processed exclusively by the vbseo_modify_template() function.

UPDATE: Changed contact instructions in vbseocp.php when a license is not validated.

UPDATE: Added field to vBulletin thread table to track the # of incoming LinkBacks per thread, in order to eliminate a query on the show thread page.

UPDATE: LinkBack blacklist moved to database storage.

UPDATE: Slash character in member names with VBSEO_REWRITE_MEMBER_MORECHARS option enabled.

UPDATE: Hide moderator controls for LinkBacks in vBulletin CP when LinkBacks are disabled.

UPDATE: Added new blog entry variation of the format: /blog.php?blogid={\d+} for improved link consesus.

UPDATE: tags.php and blog.php 301 redirection to vBSEO formats.

UPDATE: URL Presets updated to include all vB 3.7.x formats.

UPDATE: Beta option in config_vbseo.php file, allowing tag keyword separate to be updated from "+" to the "-" symbol (VBSEO_URL_TAGS_FILTER).

UPDATE: Update method of including files to:

PHP Code:

@include_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_vbseo.php'); 


UPDATE: default htaccess directives updated.

UPDATE: Readme file updated for instructions related to license keys.

UPDATE: Lighttpd/Isapi_Rewrite/Nginx/Zeus rewrite rules updated.

Fixes in vBSEO 3.2.0:

FIX: Error with display of blog moderated comments.

FIX: Show threads older than 1 month, using "Show Threads"; display option on forumdisplay page, when "UserCP > Edit Options > Default Thread Age Cut Off"; set to "Show threads from last month".

FIX: CSS issue with vBSEO blog social bookmarking.

FIX: "New Blog Comments" link not displaying correctly.

FIX: Incorrect Blog Pagination links.

FIX: Error with blog category links.

FIX: Stopwords no longer processed for blog categories, so that category title can be reverted for database lookup.

FIX: Archive link not working with vBSEO disabled.

FIX: Some image issues with vBSEO disabled.

FIX: Some rewrites being applied with vBSEO disabled.

FIX: Bug with Right to Left display on thread pages after receiving a RefBack.

FIX: Bug with hide/unhide memcache options.

FIX: Error messages getting displayed:

PHP Code:

PHP Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/hscom/public_html/includes/functions_vbseo.php on line 1116
 
PHP Warning: array_diff() [function.array-diff]: Argument #2 is not an array in /home/hscom/public_html/includes/functions_vbseo.php on line 1116
 
PHP Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/hscom/public_html/includes/functions_vbseo.php on line 1117
 
PHP Warning: array_diff() [function.array-diff]: Argument #2 is not an array in /home/hscom/public_html/includes/functions_vbseo.php on line 1117 


FIX: Links to thread pages consisting of all moderated posts throws an error. Update to direct to the first page of the thread.

FIX: first_x_words bug in 3.1.0 causing entire post to be pulled, due to UTF-8 issue.

FIX: Blank page display after uploading to vBSEO 3.1.0, related to issue with include_path PHP setting.

FIX: Acronym expansion with URLs bug causing thread and forum links to break due to replacement of the acronyms with links.

FIX: Blacklist for "Add Titles to External Links" getting ignored.

FIX: Error when clicking link to go to first unread post under special circumstances:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

FIX: Multiple redirects when rewriting the blog URL.

FIX: License key for branding removal option not getting retrieving during key update.

FIX: '/forum/' part of URL missing when copy/pasting links into the quick editor and posting.

FIX: "Save all settings" button in vBSEO Control Panel (vbseocp.php) not working for the Arabic Language pack.

FIX: Permalinks to the profile comments directing to random threads.

FIX: Broken link to blog file attachment.

FIX: Blank screen after submitting first blog post.

FIX: URLs broken in blog RSS feeds.

FIX: "All Blog Entries" List URL Format, pagination links broken.

FIX: incorrect Tree Icon URL format in URL Rewrite, Preset #6.

FIX: Broken link to blog category from member profile.

FIX: 'This Page' link on profile not rewritten.

FIX: Duplicate social bookmarking icons in vB 3.7.

FIX: Invalid redirect after editing post or creating new thread (forwards to wrong location).

FIX: Process username rewrite after posting message with AJAX.

FIX: Problem with invalid link for vBSEO redirector (used to hide the referring source when links are posted/clicked within private forums).
FIX:

Code:

PHP Warning:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/yoursite/public_html/forum/includes/functions_vbseo.php:1062) in /home/yoursite/public_html/forum/includes/functions_vbseo_url.php on line 248
PHP Warning:  Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/yoursite/public_html/forum/includes/functions_vbseo.php:1062) in /home/yoursite/public_html/forum/includes/functions_vbseo_url.php on line 244

FIX: Member profile links with hyphens (-) not working.

FIX: Bug with links to anchored posts pointing the wrong page of a thread (new post search).

FIX: Member profile links on homepage broken when XCACHE enabled in vbseocp.php.

FIX: Replace 'Previous/Next Thread' redirect links setting not saving.

FIX: Attachment rewrites not working with caching options.

FIX: Error when posting new message or clicking "last post" link when new reply added to a thread:

Code:

 Warning: reset() [function.reset]: Passed variable is not an array or object in /includes/functions_vbseo_seo.php on line 31

FIX: Autoscroll with Javascript for window onLoad event.

FIX: Invalid forum URLs with the ' character.

FIX: When pasting poll information on thread pages, member profile links rewritten as OpenAds, and redirected to invalid URL.

FIX: Category as anchor links not directing to the correct location on the page.

FIX: Issue with non-rewritten links in Opera browser.

FIX: "About Me" tab link broken on vBulletin 3.7 member profile pages with vBSEO installed.

FIX: vbseo_urls.xml backup feature not saving URL rewrites exclusively (extra data appended that is unneeded).

FIX: vBSEO is not 301 redirecting threaded/hybrid mode thread variations to the core URL.

FIX: site.com/[archive_title]/project.php displays contents of site.com/[archive_title]/

FIX: Announcement URL variation not rewritten.

FIX: When blog URLs that *do not* match one of the URL presets, the 003 presets will automatically be used.

FIX: "Page not found" in archive page links (vB3.6.x)

FIX: Issue in XML product file, not creating blacklist db table.

FIX: Conflict with vbseocpform.php.

FIX: Blog preset layout broken, presets not displaying correctly.

FIX: Album URLs point to the blog (limited cases).

FIX: Permalink conflict with JS tabbed navigation.

FIX: CRR not rewriting visible link in online.php page.

FIX: Analytics segmentation feature causing bounce rate to be calculated incorrectly.

FIX: Error with choosing background image when customizing user profile page.

FIX: Removed short PHP open tags from vbseocpform.php.

FIX: Group names with character replacements go to groups homepage.

FIX: Errors with vBSEO control panel phrases.

FIX: "Ignore LinkBacks from Duplicate URLs" setting not saving.

FIX: Image thumbs not showing on group pages.

FIX: GARS/vBSEO Integration bug related to vbseo_get_postbit_tpl().

FIX: Last post redirect to first post under special circumstances.

FIX: Popup box for username, link to homepage causes error when clicked due to vBulletin JS code. Workaround implemented.

FIX: Group post edit link broken.

FIX: AJAX processed permalink for a social group post points to [forum_homepage]/#gmessageXX as opposed to [forum_homepage]/[social_group_path]#gmessageXX

FIX: Blacklisted LinkBacks showing up.

FIX: Tags with escape characters (%\d\d).

FIX: Double-clicking the LinkBack title cells do not enable the title editing ability using AJAX in IE7.

FIX: URL rewrite after editing group message; redirecting to non-rewritten URL.

FIX: Goto last post' link in search results bug.

FIX: Moderating LinkBacks not getting rid of linkbacks when double clicked.

FIX: [first_post_X_words] displaying the full post contents for UTF-8 charset forum.

FIX: Album photos broken when vBSEO member URL rewrites disabled.

FIX: Post navigation in thread hybrid display does not work properly with RC5 installed on vB3.7 Gold.

FIX: Links for newly created sub-forums not working immediately.

FIX: Error uploading attachments under special circumstances.

FIX: Blacklisted domains for LinkBacks not displaying in FireFox. Displaying in IE7.

FIX: vBulletin 3.7 Social Bookmarks not getting rewritten.

FIX: Keyword highlight on site searches.

FIX: Wrong Link in New Post popup when launched from the search page.

FIX: Redirection problem on tag links.

FIX: Album URLs not working when member name has / in it.

FIX: vBAdvanced CMPS module not displaying under certain circumstances.

FIX: Missing text after acronym expansion.

FIX: Invalid XHTML in vbseo_linkbackbit

FIX: LinkBack Collapse/Expand fails on showthread.

FIX: Logouts forced when browsing a forum with cookies disabled in IE6/IE7.

FIX: "Not read" icon not shown as expected after clicking new post link.

vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD is also available in other languages.
At present, the vBSEO Control Panel can be viewed in your choice of:

• English
• German (Du & Sie)
• Turkish
• Russian
• Arabic
• Spanish

We hope to add even more new languages in the future. Thanks to Global Partners for their hard work.

Download Location
All Licensed users may download vBSEO 3.2.0 from their User Control Panel at the vBSEO forums. Under the "Miscellaneous" section, there will be a link to "Download vBSEO". Or visit http://www.vbseo.com/downloads/

Installation & Upgrade
Find detailed installation and upgrade instructions within the readme.html file included in the 'docs' folder of the installation package.

I am first! I am very glad ~

I upgrade at once. Thank you

Looks forward to new vBSEO style!

Thanks a lot

Finally !!

When will be release the new vbseo sitemap generator ?

Thanks to Joe for his help with the release announcement, Oleg, for all his hard work, you guys rule.

And of course, the Pre-release team, Global Partners and Staff members who made this release a reality.

Cheers all!

Excelente !!!

Thank you, installed. Very easy upgrade.

fantastic ... upgrade now ...

and what about the new version from vbseo sitemap ?

Thanks, installed it within minutes of the first announcement, running great! Now the wait begins for 3.5.0 ^^ cant wait!

Just wondering, is there any changes from RC8? If not, I won't need to upgrade in a hurry :P.

-rk

Sitemap will follow shortly guys

Ok - still waiting for the Sitemap-Generator before updating. Will it arrive today?