vBSEO 3.2.0 Release Candidate 4

Attention all vBSEO Customers,

I'm happy to announce that vBSEO 3.2.0 is now on Release Candidate 4 and we are making it available to all licensed users for testing.

RC1 was internal build and RC2 was released only to staff members. The pre-release team has been testing RC3 and at this time we feel that it is stable enough to be provided to all of our users.

In vBSEO 3.2.0, our primary focus has been adding support for all new features in vBulletin 3.7.0, such as the new enhanced profiles, social groups, new blog URLs and tags.

vBSEO 3.5.0 vs. vBSEO 3.2.0
Being imperative to add support for the new content areas in vBulletin 3.7.0, development of vBSEO 3.5.0 was interrupted momentarily and our team shifted focus to vBSEO 3.2.0 and related activities. vBSEO 3.5.0 development has been resumed, although we will rush to clear any reported bugs in vBSEO 3.2.0 RC's and redistribute new builds as necessary.

Development Process
Think of it as a new iteration of the URL rewrites as implemented back in 2005 (and refined through the next 3 years). The new vBulletin adds a total of 24 URL types (original vB had 26 URL types), to that, add the URL variations that break link consensus and easily, the number of rewrites approaches 60 to 80. In addition, compatibility had to be built in for the updated AJAX methods enabling the smooth and consistent operation you've come to expect from vBSEO.

So although it may not appear as vBSEO 3.2.0 introduces *many* new features, the compatibility update for vB 3.7.0 has been a very involved and time consuming process.

To those of you who have taken the plunge, and opted to install vB 3.7.0 at different stages during their beta period, I want to thank-you for your patience as we completed this update. I'm confident you won't be disappointed!

New Features
We've managed to include a couple new valuable features in the new vBSEO. Read ahead.

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 users to specify name of vBulletin configuration file, since some users change the name.

NEW FEATURE: Acronym Expansion' setting refinement. 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:

PHP Code:

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


NEW FEATURE: Add domain to blacklist from Linkback List (showthread). For efficiency, we've moved the Linkback blacklisted domains list to the database instead of the config file (although it is still possible to modify it in vBSEO CP). There is a "red card" icon in the linkbacks table list below the threads, when clicked, the domain is added to the Linkback blacklist, all existing linkbacks from that domain are removed.

NEW FEATURE [Removed in RC2]: Relevant replacements added for blog pages. Removed due to the fact that it would not add enough value.

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: New setting: Ignore Linkbacks from Duplicate URLs - Using a special algorithm, vBSEO will attempt to identify when a new Linkback is a duplicate of a previously registered Linkback, but comes from a different URL. The source of these duplicate Linkbacks are often forums or publishing platforms with flawed navigational architecture, that display the same content under multiple URLs.

Updates and Fixes
We will publish a complete list of over 50 updates and fixes in the official Gold release announcement.

Other language packs will be updated with vBSEO 3.2.0 GOLD vBSEO 3.2.0 RC4 DOES NOT include updated language packs for any of our currently supported languages. The following language packs will updated with vBSEO 3.2.0 Gold:

• German (Du & Sie)
• Turkish
• Dutch
• Russian
• Arabic
  

Download Info
All Licensed users may download vBSEO 3.2.0 RC4 from their User Control Panel at the http://www.vbseo.com forums. Under the "Miscellaneous" section, find the 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 'docs' folder of the installation package.

Note: Please report all bugs discovered via the appropriate forum NOT via this thread.

Woohoo! I knew checking back here every half hour would pay off lol. Thanks so much guys, looks fantastic.

Heyyyy great job!!!!

I will upgrade in some minutes!

dude

Thanks for the update. I got here a few minutes after the announcement. It's already installed.

Ok, now I have to upgrade to VB 3.7 and VBSeo 3.2

I've been procastinating update to 3.7 for so long and now I find myself with no excuse.

how many people are waiting for this to go gold?

It breaks the sitemap generator. Be careful.

Originally Posted by gedsta

It breaks the sitemap generator. Be careful.

I'll be waiting, I was just getting ready to upload it.

Wish I hadn't upgraded now :(

I just upgraded, and everything looks great so far.
Mine it's a big forum, and I was very easy.

I didnt check the sitemap yet..

You need to make a small change within vBSEO Sitemap Generator

Please modify vbseo_sitemap_functions.php file:
FIND:

PHP Code:

FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "linkback 


REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:

FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "vbseo_linkback 


Thank you guys

Is the project tools rewrite in RC 4 ?

I have upgraded to 3.2 RC4, however I have noticed a small bug. I cannot use the new Ignore Linkbacks from Duplicate URLs? feature. Every time I select "yes" and click "save all settings" it still keeps the "no" radio button checked when the page reloads.

My includes/vbseo_config.php file is CHMOD 666, so that's not the issue.