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Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

Root vb4 install
Step 1
Make sure index.php is set to require Content.

Code:

require('content.php');

and that forum is commented out.


Step 2:

In vBoptions => forum Home Page options
set the first entry to

Code:

forum

And in vboptions -> CMS options,
Make sure the 'site tab URL' script is content.php

Step 3

in vbseocp
URL Reweite Settings -> CMS => Advanced Settings tab
set CMS Home


to your FULL .com with trailing slash.

in my case, i used, http://vbtest.mydomain.com/

DO NOT screw up your www's here. Use them or don't use them as your htaccess and vboptions are EXACTLY set up, or you'll end up in a loop.


Step 4:

Add the CRR

vbseocp -> Custom Rewrite Rules

Code:

'^forum\.php$' => 'forum/'

Done!

I´ve done all this steps and ended up in a situation, that forums.php brings me back in aloop to the cms. Even the try to revert all back to as it was before is failing. I have no idea why and struggeling with that now for hours. Site not operational, Ticket opened and in need of some help..

Guess it´s my fault but I can´t find out, what went wrong.

You've missed a step along the way.

the forum home script setting should be forum, not index, if using the cms.
and the index.php script should include content, not forum.

Brian,

I guess I am missing more than just a step. After your post I was going through the settings again. I´m pretty sure I did all the steps required, but it´s still the same problem with forums.php.
About an hour ago Andrés responded to the ticket and was asking for ftp details (on a sunday evening, chapeau!). Guess I´ll better wait for him before I am going to break the next thing :/

Update: It looks like that the 'index.php' script distributed by the vBulletin Germany Team is quite a bit different than the one distributed by vBulletin Team.

I've commented out these lines in index.php script:

Code:

if (!defined('INDEX_SCRIPT')){
	/**
	 * CMS (content.php) aufrufen:
	 */
	define('INDEX_SCRIPT', 'content.php');


	/**
	 * Forum (forum.php) aufrufen:
	 */
	//define('INDEX_SCRIPT', 'forum.php');
}


require(INDEX_SCRIPT);

and have added these:

PHP Code:

/**
* Use the CMS as the default script:
*/

require('content.php');


/**
* Use the forum as the default script:
*/

// require('forum.php'); 


and that fixed the issue.

Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt

Update: It looks like that the 'index.php' script distributed by the vBulletin Germany Team is quite a bit different than the one distributed by vBulletin Team.

[...]

and that fixed the issue.

Was great to see it´s working - but this morning I was stunned. Since Andre has worked on the files I haven´t touched the files at all. And now it shows up as before and the forums.php loops back to the cms homepage. Weired. Ticket is reopend and forums so not operational. Would be glad if someone could have a look at this issue.

Originally Posted by Marv

Was great to see it´s working - but this morning I was stunned. Since Andre has worked on the files I haven´t touched the files at all. And now it shows up as before and the forums.php loops back to the cms homepage. Weired. Ticket is reopend and forums so not operational. Would be glad if someone could have a look at this issue.

Sorry, may be I´m a bit to impatient,..but anyone?

check your index.php script that it is including content.php
and that your vboptions for forumhome options -> script name is set to forum, not index (index will bring you to the cms)

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

/forums (or another folder name) vb4 install

Puts the CMS in root, outside of your forums folder, with no /content/ redirect and your forums remain in their subfolder as always.

Step 1
Copy forums/index.php to your root directory.

Make sure index.php is set to require Content.

Code:

require('content.php');

and that the forum require code bit is commented out.

You will also need to uncomment the Relative Path directive and make sure it reflects accurately to your forum install location:

Code:

define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, 'forums/');

Do one of the following:
Step 2a:
rename forums/index.php to forums/index_old.php or some other name to keep it around, but not named index.

rename forums/forum.php to forums/index.php

OR:
Step 2b:
edit forums/index.php
Set it to:

Code:

//define(VB_RELATIVE_PATH, '');
require('forum.php');

Step 3:
In vBoptions => forumhome Page options
set the first entry to

Code:

index

And in vboptions -> CMS options,
Make sure the 'site tab URL' script is

Code:

content.php

Also,
CMS URL
"Optional URL for your CMS."
In the vboptions -> CMS options panel should be left BLANK!.


Step 4:

in vbseocp
URL Reweite Settings -> CMS => Advanced Settings tab
set CMS Home


to your FULL .com root with trailing slash, aka

Code:

http://www.yourdomain.com/

DO NOT screw up your www's here. Use them or don't use them as your htaccess and vboptions for BBURL are EXACTLY set up, or you'll end up in a loop.


Step 5:

In vbseocp, Seo Functions -> Homepage settings

set Force forum root as homepage to Yes
and enter

Code:

forums/index.php
forums/index.php?

in the aliases box.

Save settings.


Step 6:

create an htaccess file in your site root with the following. Note, the forums/ path in some of the rules. You may need to adjust to your folder name.

Code:

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^forums/((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ forums/vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ forums/vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Step 7:
Only Required in RC2 pre-release and lower. (will be fixed in next build as of this writing).

Open vbseo/includes/functions_vbseo_vb.php file:
find:

Code:

$headinclude = preg_replace('#<base href.*?>#is', '', $headinclude);

Replace with:

Code:

if(defined('VBSEO_PREPROCESSED'))
$headinclude = preg_replace('#<base href[^>]*?>(\s*?<!--\[if IE\]><\/base><!\[endif\]-->)?#is', '', $headinclude);

Done.


/ => CMS
/forums/ = forum home

I can not get it to work.
I run all the steps carefully,but if i click on forums or home, gives me page does not exist contact administrator.
The strange thing is that sometimes by AdminCP-> Forums, forums page and displays it, but the home of the CMS will not ever see

What can it be?
Thanks

The above is a working solution used by many. If it's not working for you, you ar elikely missing a step, or have something mid-configured.

Make sure you are not using the component urls.
vB4 'component urls' should not be used - vBulletin SEO Forums

Yes, I know that many runs and I wish it worked for me ...

This is my screen.

I do not work my htaccess file:

.htaccess root:

Code:

Options All -Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
# 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/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^forum/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^forum/((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ forum/vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ forum/vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
redirect 301  /index.html  Hardwaregame.it - Giochi, Articoli, Recensioni, Video,Trucchi, Soluzioni, Download per PC, Playstation 3, Wii, XBOX 360, DS
# MOdifche per l'attivazione di deflate
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
      BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
      BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
      BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
      BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</IfModule>

And htaccess forum:

Code:

# 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 /forum/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.hardwaregame\.it
RewriteRule (.*) Hardwaregame.it - Giochi, Articoli, Recensioni, Video,Trucchi, Soluzioni, Download per PC, Playstation 3, Wii, XBOX 360, DS [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 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

# MOdifche per l'attivazione di deflate
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
      BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
      BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
      BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
      BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</IfModule>

Brian,
a reward for your patience with me.

Your forum folder htaccess is out of date (version 2.4 era code). You should update it to match.

How?
It is not the same as in the root?

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

is old code.

consult the download package's htaccess file for the modern code block.

Ok I updated the file.
This may be the reason why I can not make the change?